Milton Thiago de Mello, Brazilian microbiologist and veterinarian (Rio de Janeiro 05 February 1916 –

From Swiss descent

Authored 245 scientific works

Laid the foundations for control of mites that attack fungal cultures employing kerosene

With A.E. Area Leão & V. Mayor. Acarinos infestadores de cultura de cogumelos. Biologia, classificação e métodos de combate. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 42(3):559-608, 1945

With S. Elberg, M. Aronson & P. Mascarenhas. A simplified technique for maintenance and cultivation of alveolar histiocytes

A tetrazolium stained antigen for serum agglutination tests in brucellosis. WHO/Bruc. Inform. Ser 41:3, 1951

A simple micro-incinerator. Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 53(1):43, 1955

Developed Thiago de Mello test for brucellosis and Pacheco-Mello agar medium  

HONOURS

Honorary Fellow, Zoological Society of London (1988) & World Veterinary Association (1993)

John Gamgee Award (2013)

James H. Steele Prize, International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics