Christine Marie Berkhout

Christine Marie Berkhout (1893–1932) 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 individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

1. ^ James A. Barnett (2004). "A history of research on yeasts 8: taxonomy.". Yeast 21 (14): 1141–1193. doi:10.1002/yea.1154. PMID 15515119. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109741828/ABSTRACT. 
2. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

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Name	Berkhout, Christine Marie
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Date of birth	1893
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Date of death	1932
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