David Gottlieb | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1911 |
| Died | 1982 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | isolation strain of Streptomyces |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Phytopathology |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Doctoral students | Fu-Kuen Lin |
David Gottlieb (1911–1982), a professor of plant pathology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1946–1982), was a pioneer in the field of fungal physiology and antibiotics for plants.
Gottlieb is best known for isolation in the 1940s of the strain of Streptomyces from which chloramphenicol was developed,[1] for his mentoring in the field, and for his editorial work.[2] He used plant-pathogenic fungi in studies of sterol biosynthesis, respiration, aging, spore germination, and the mechanism of action of antifungal antibiotics. Gottlieb discovered or co-discovered several new antibiotics in addition to chloramphenicol, including filipin, levomycin, and tetrin, and he described the mechanism of action and biosynthesis of several of these and other antibiotics.[3]