Albert Klöcker (28 June 1862 – 3 October 1923) was a Danish

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and fermentation physiologist. Born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, he completed grammar school and began studying medicine. He switched his studies to pharmacy and graduated in 1888. After working as a pharmacist in Copenhagen, he was hired in 1892 as an assistant at the

Carlsberg Laboratory The Carlsberg Research Laboratory is a private scientific research center in Copenhagen, Denmark under the Carlsberg Foundation. It was founded in 1875 by J. C. Jacobsen, the founder of the Carlsberg brewery, with the purpose of advancing bioche ...

's Physiological department, under

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. He worked for the laboratory a total of 31 years until his death in 1923. After Hansen's death in 1909, Klöcker was made Director Extraordinary in the same department. Klöcker's main studies focused on the field of yeast physiology, but he also studied botany and zoology, particularly the study of

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. He described a number of new species and genera of yeast in the

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family as well as new species of ''

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'' and ''

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''. He developed techniques for the description of yeasts based upon the sugars they are able to metabolize. Between 1894 and 1911 he was an editor for the ''Archiv for Pharmaci og Chemi''. From 1903 to 1913, he was the editor of the Danish journal ''Entomolgiske Meddelelser'', and from 1909 to his death he edited the periodical ''Bryggeritidende'' (Journal of Brewing). After 1913, he was a co-editor of the journal ''

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''. Drawing upon his studies in entomology, he wrote the volumes on butterflies and moths in ''Danmarks Fauna''. He became widely known after the publication of his book ''Fermentation organisms'', which appeared in many editions and in several languages. Klöcker died in on October 3, 1923, after a short illness, leaving a wife and two daughters.

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Danish physiologists Danish mycologists Danish microbiologists 1862 births 1923 deaths Carlsberg Laboratory staff People from Copenhagen {{Mycologist-stub