Aristides Marques da Cunha, Brazilian protozoologist (Rio
Grande do Sul State 18 February 1887 – Rio de Janeiro 29 August 1949) ACHIEVEMENTS
With J. Muniz definitely
showed the existence of chromatin in bacteria (Bacillus anthracis) Studied in details the endomixia in Ciliata (with J. Muniz & G. de Freitas) Showed that the pandemic flu was a virosis independently
With O. Magalhães & O. Fonseca. Estudos experimentais sobre a influenza pandemica. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 10:174-91, 1918 Discovered American Visceral Leishmaniasis and described Leishmania chagasi With
E. Chagas. Estudos sobre o parasita. In: Leishmaniose Visceral Americana, nova
entidade mórbida do homem na América do Sul. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 32:239-337, 1937 Described an antigen for complement fixation reaction in leishmaniases With E.
Dias. Sur la preparation d’un antigene stable pour la reaction de fixation du
complement dans les leishmanioses. Compt. Rend. Soc. Biol. 129:991-3, 1938 With E. Dias proposed a serological reaction for visceral and /or cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brasil Medico 53:89-92, 1939 Described
many species of Protozoa from freshwater and marine plankton and parasites of
mammalian cavities DESCRIBED PROTOZOA TAXA Families Cyathodiniidae 1914 Hallidae 1927 Paraisotrichidae 1927 Genera Bundleia 1928 with Muniz Buissonella 1925 with Muniz Cruzella 1923 with Faria & Pinto Cyathodinium 1914 Cyathodinioides 1936 with Freitas Eucamptocerca 1914 Eutreptiella 1913 Hydrochoerella 1925 with Muniz Paracyathodinium 1944 with Freitas Protohallia 1927 with Muniz Protolutzia 1925 with Muniz Prototapirella 1918 Rhynchodinium 1927 with Penido Spirorhynchus 1915 Toxodinium 1938 with Muniz Tritopsylla 1929 Tropidomonas 1915 Species At least 90
new species HONORS (Protozoa: Ciliophora) Cunhaia Hasselmann 1918 Cunhamunizia Ito & Imai 2000 |
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