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Norbert Pfennig

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Norbert Pfennig (born 8 July 1925 in Kassel — died 11 February 2008 in Überlingen) was a German microbiologist.

Norbert Pfennig described with Bernhard Schink Pelobacter acidigallici, a bacterial species in the genus Pelobacter. P. acidigallici is able to degrade trihydroxybenzenes.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Schink, Bernhard; Pfennig, Norbert (1982). "Fermentation of trihydroxybenzenes by Pelobacter acidigallici gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, non-sporeforming bacterium". Archives of Microbiology. 133 (3): 195–201. Bibcode:1982ArMic.133..195S. doi:10.1007/BF00415000.