Maria Amelia Torres
Maria Amelia Torres, Argentine botanist (Tandil, Buenos Aires Province 27 January 1934 – La Plata 28 December 2011) DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA Genus Nicoraea 1997 Subgenus Mucronella 1997 Species Melica eremophila 1970 Melica glabrescens 1980 Melica parodiana 1968 Nassella burkartii 1993 Nassella cabrerae 1997 Nassella catamarcensis 1997 Nassella fabrisii 1997 Nassella famatinensis 1997 Nassella glabripoda 1997 Nassella meyeri 1997 Nassella novari 1997 Nassella parva 1997 Nassella punensis 1997 Nassella ragonesei 1997 Nassella yaviensis 1997 Nicoraea brevis 1997 Stipa scabrifolia 1997 Stipa ventanicola 1968 with Cabrera HONORS Amelichloa Arriaga & Barkworth 2006 (Poaceae)
Marcos Tubangui
Marcos Angeles Tubangui, Philippine helminthologist and parasitologist (Pampanga, Luzon Island 25 April 1893 – Manila 26 October 1949) With A.M. Pasco elucidated the complete life cycle of Echinostoma ilocanum (1933) Discovered the molluscan and crustacean intermediary hosts of Paragonimus sp. in the Philippines Discovered the molluscan intermediary host of Schistosoma japonicum in the Philippines (1932) DESCRIBED HELMINTHS TAXA Families Alariidae 1922 Diplosentidae 1937 with Masilungan Genera Diplosentis 1937 with Masilungan Euparadistomum 1931 Glyptelmins 1928 Heterophyopais 1938 with Africa Orientocreadium 1931 Postorchigenes 1928 Species About 95 HONORS Tubangorchis Skrjabin 1944 (Trematoda) Tubanguiella Yamaguti 1959 (Cestoda) Tubanguia Srivastava 1935 (Trematoda)
Manuel Tamayo Moller
Manuel O. Tamayo Moeller, Peruvian microbiologist and parasitologist (Arequipa 27 January 1878 – Lima 20 June 1909) From German descent First described Anopheles peruvianus First to use laboratory animals to study Peruvian warts Described a non-ulcerated infiltrant form of leishmaniasis Eponym of Tamayo yellow (dye)
Mandayam Jeersannidhi Thirumalachar
Mandayani Jeersannidhi Thirumalachar, Indian mycologist and biochemist (Malleswaram, Bangalore 22 September 1914 – Walnut Creek, California 21 April 1999) Son of mycologist and plant pathologist Mandayam Jeersannidhi Narasimhan Authored over 460 papers Identified more than one hundred antibiotics and in the development of at least 50 of them to a commercial level such as Hamycin (1961), Dermostatin (1966) and Aureofungin (1966), all of them antifungal, Antiamoebin (anti-protozoal/anti-helminthic), Antiprotozoin (antiprotozoal/antifungal), Tetraenenin, MYC-4 and Necrocitin (anti-tumour activity) DEVELOPED New derivatives of established antibiotics with better performance and lesser toxicity Jaimycin process for antibiotics production Chemotherapeutants for the control of a wide range of fungal, bacterial and mycoplasma diseases such as DPS (against leaf curl viruses of solanaceous plants), CPN No. MJN1891 and Gopi-80 (against plant diseases) and Jai-Pro (for arthritis and muscular pain) Systemic fungicides such as Phyton 27 (patented) and KI-19827(for control of Dutch elm disease and oak wilt) A process for oil extraction from tar-sands Showed that Ravenelia esculenta causes malformation on Acacia eburnea With M.J. Narasimhan & M.C. Srinivasan established the morphological basis for differentiating Entomophthora from Conidiobolus Found new microorganisms for biocontrol of plant parasitic nematodes and fungi DESCRIBED FUNGI TAXA Genera Acervulopsora 1945 Angiosorus 1974 with O’Brien Astomella 1947 Backusia 1965 with Whitehead & Mathur Biharia 1953 with Mishra Caudophoma 1968 with Patil Chainia 1955 Cyclodomella 1959 with Patil & Bhatt Dicksonomyces 1957 with Rao & Salam Didymopsorella 1950 Elateraecium 1966 Franzpetrakia 1957 with Pavgi Georgefischeria 1963 with Narasimhan Hapalophragmiopsis 1950 Hiratsukamyces 1975 with Kern & Patil Jamesdicksonia 1961 with Pavgi & Payak Kernella 1949 Mehtamyces 1945 Mundkurella 1944 Narasimhella 1965 with Mathur Narasimhania 1952 with Pavgi Romanoa 1954 Santapauella 1945 with Mundkur Sclerophthora 1953 with Narasimhan & Shaw Thermomucor 1977 with Subrahamanyan & Mehrotra Tolyposporidium 1977 with Neergaard Volutellospora 1965 with Mathur Zundelula 1952 with Narasimhan Species About 300 Others 4 species in genus Streptomyces 3 species in genus Xanthomonas A fungal species Geotrichum marinum that uses oil as a carbon and nitrogen source HONORS (Fungi) Thirumalacharia Rathaiah 1981 Thirumalachariella Sathe 1974
Luiz Roberto Tommasi
Luiz Roberto Tommasi, Brazilian oceanographer (São Paulo 30 April 1931 – With K. Silberschmidt obtained the transmission of a Malvaceae plants vírus to a Solanaceae plant (1957) DESCRIBED VALID MARINE TAXA Echinodermata Genus Nudamphiura 1965 Species Amphilepis nuda 1976 Amphilepis teodorae 1974 with Abreu Amphioplus (Amphioplus) brasiliensis 1970 Amphioplus fapespae 1969 Amphioplus lucyae 1971 Amphioplus mathildae 1974 with Abreu Amphiura deichmanni 1965 Amphiura iraciae 1976 with Oliveira Amphiura rosae 1976 with Oliveira Anthophiura dilatata 1976 Astropyga nuptialis 1958 Gymnophiura concava 1976 Nudamphiura carvalhoi 1965 Ophiacantha brasiliensis 1974 with Abreu Ophiacantha savagica 1976 Ophioderma besnardi 1970 Ophioderma divae 1971 Ophioleptoplax brasiliana 1974 with Abreu Ophiomastus bulufonica 1976 Ophiomastus satelitae 1974 with Abreu Ophiomastus tuberculata 1976 Ophiomusium anaelisae 1974 with Abreu Ophiothamnus dupla 1976 Ophiothrix ailsae 1970 Ophiothrix trindanensis 1970 Psolus marcusi 1971 Psolus vitoriae 1971 Thandarum manoelina 1971 Theodoria madseni 1976 Thyone montoucheti 1971 Thyone pawsoni 1972 Subspecies Holothuria (Vaneyothuria) lentiginosa brasiliensis 1976 with Oliveira Pisces Leptocephalus humbermariorum 1960 Pogonophora Siboglium besnardi 1970 Siboglium nonatoi 1970
Luiz Rachid Trabulsi
Luiz Rachid Trabulsi, Brazilian microbiologist (Vargem Grande, Maranhão State 18 August 1927 – São Paulo 05 June 2005) Internationally recognized as expert on Enterobacteriae ACHIEVEMENTS Methods/Discoveries Developed Trabulsi-Ewing Sodium Acetate Agar With W.H. Ewing. Sodium acetate medium for the differentiation of Shigella and Escherichia cultures. Pub. Health Lab. 20:137-40, 1962 Developed other culture media With M.R.F. Toledo & C.F. Fontes. Uma modificação do meio de Rugai e Araújo para a realização simultânea dos testes de produção de gás a partir de glicose, H2S, uréase e triptofano desaminase. Rev. Microbiol. 13:309-15, 1982 With M.R.F. Toledo & C.F. Fontes. Um meio para a realização dos testes de motilidade, indol e lisina descarboxilase. Rev. Microbiol. 13:230-5, 1982 With Heriberto J. Fernandez first demonstrated that Campylobacter jejuni could be toxigenic With H. Fernandez, U. Fagundes Neto, F. Fernandes & M.A. Pedra. Culture supernatants of Campylobacter jejuni induce a secretory response in jejunal segments of adult rats. Infect. Immun. 40:42931, 1983 With H. Fernandez, M.R.F. Toledo & U. Fagundes Neto. Aislamiento de Campylobacter jejuni em niños com diarrea aguda y controles sanos. Rev. Med. Chile 112:238-41, 1984 Demonstrated that diagnosis of intestinal infection caused by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli may be accomplished via immunofluorescence With M. C. Sampaio developed a vaccine for acute diarrhea (2000s) New serotypes Demonstrated that Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum must be regarded as distinct serotypes With P. R. Edwards. The differentiation of Salmonella pullorum and Salmonella gallinarum by biochemical methods. Cornell Vet. 52:563-9, 1962 With A.F. Pestana, A. Campedelli Filho & C. Troice. Isolation of three new serotypes of Erysipelothrix rhusilopathiae. Rev. Microbiol. 2, 1970 With J.A. Serrano, M.R. F. Toledo & M.E. Zuliani described various serotypes of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli With R.J. Gross, L.V. Thomas, T. Cheasty, N.P. Day, B. Rowe & M.R.F. Toledo. Enterotoxigenic and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli strains belonging to a new O group, O167. J. Clin. Microbiol. 17:521-3, 1983 MEMBERSHIP General Society for Microbiology (1970-8) New York Academy of Sciences (1971-6; 1992-) HONORS Trabulsiella McWhorter, Haddock, Nocon, Steigerwalt, Brenner, Aleksic, Bockemühl & Farmer 1991 (Enterobacteria)