Andre Lwoff

André Michel Lwoff (Ainay-le-Château, Allier, May 8, 1902 - Paris, September 30, 1994) was a French biologist and physician of Russian-Polish origin.

In 1962 he introduced a taxonomy of viruses.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1965, along with François Jacob and Jacques L. Monod, awarded for their discoveries on regulatory activities inside cells.

Eponymy

Bacteria

• Acinetobacter lwoffii

Used bibliography

• Jacob, F; Girard, M (1998), "Andre Michel Lwoff 8 May 1902-30 September 1994.", Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society. Royal Society (Great Britain) 44: 254-63, PMID 11623983, doi:10.1098/rsbm.1998.0017.
• Shafrir, E (1996), "Jacques L. Monod, Francois J. Jacob and Andre M. Lwoff--introducers of new dimensions in cellular genetics and molecular biology." Isr. J. Med. Sci. (February 1996) 32 (2): 162, PMID 8631654.