Christine Marie Berkhout

Christine Marie Berkhout
Born13 July 1893
Malang, Indonesia
Died18 November 1932
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Utrecht
Occupationmycologist

Christine Marie Berkhout (13 July 1893, Malang – 18 November 1932) was a mycologist. She described the genus Candida in her doctoral thesis for the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1923. This event was later described as marking "the beginning of the rational systematics of the anascosporogenous yeasts".[1]

The standard author abbreviation Berkh. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
  1. ^ Barnett, J. A. (2004). "A history of research on yeasts 8: Taxonomy". Yeast. 21 (14): 1141–1193. doi:10.1002/yea.1154. PMID 15515119. S2CID 34671745.
  2. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Berkh.