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Sobre agentes infecciosos, zoofitos, animálculos e infusorios / About infection agents, zoophytes, animalcules and infusories
Osorio A., Carlos G.
Affiliation
  • Osorio A., Carlos G; Universidad de Chile. Facultad de Medicina. Programa de Microbiología y Micología. Santiago. CL
Rev. chil. infectol ; Rev. chil. infectol;24(2): 171-174, abr. 2007.
Article in Es | LILACS, MINSALCHILE | ID: lil-471971
Responsible library: BR1.1
ABSTRACT
By definition, zoophytes are organisms with characteristics which are intermediate between plants and animals. The concept is already outlined by Aristotle in his Historia Animalium. In the XVIII century, the great Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus, in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae, included the order Zoophyta within the class of Vermes. In this classification, for the first time the curious animalcules (infusories), discovered by van Leeuwenhoek in the late XVII century, were formally classified as zoophytes and were incorporated specifically into the genus Chaos. Audaciously, Linnaeus also conjectured that the infectious agents could be related to the animalcules-infusories, though he left the corresponding demostration to posterity.
RESUMEN
Los zoofitos son por definición organismos con características intermedias entre plantas y animales. El concepto ya se encuentra esbozado por Aristóteles en su obra Historia Animalium. En el siglo XVIII, el gran naturalista sueco Carolus Linnaeus en la décima edición de su Systema Naturae localizó al orden Zoophyta dentro de la clase Vermes. En dicha clasificación, por primera vez, los extravagantes animálculos (infusorios) descubiertos por van Leeuwenhoek a fines del siglo XVII, fueron clasificados formalmente como zoofitos, siendo incorporados, en forma específica, dentro del género Chaos. Audazmente, Linnaeus conjeturó, además, que los agentes infecciosos podrían estar relacionados con los animálculos-infusorios, dejando, sin embargo, para la posteridad, tal demostración.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: LILACS / MINSALCHILE Main subject: Bryozoa / Terminology as Topic Limits: Animals Language: Es Journal: Rev. chil. infectol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Country of publication: Chile
Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: LILACS / MINSALCHILE Main subject: Bryozoa / Terminology as Topic Limits: Animals Language: Es Journal: Rev. chil. infectol Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2007 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Chile Country of publication: Chile