Dr. Elena N. Kondratieva (1925-1995)
- D.Sc., Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1963
- Ph.D., Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1952
- B.S., Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1949
Dr. Elena N. Kondratieva was a Russian microbiologist. Her principal research was bacterial photosynthesis; pathways of carbon dioxide assimilation; carbon, sulfur and nitrogen metabolism, and nitrogen fixation.
Dr. Kondratieva authored over 250 scientific publications including two monographs, three textbooks and nine patents.
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Kondratieva has published the following:
Stanier, R.Y., W. R. Sistrom, T. A. Hansen, B. A. Whitton, R. W. Castenholz, N. Pfenning, V. N. Gorlenko, E. N. Kondratieva, K. E. Eimhjellen, R. Whittenbury, R. L. Gherna, and H. G. Trupper. 1978. Proposal to place the nomenclature of the cyanobacteria (Blue-green algae) under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 28: 335–336.