About infection agents, zoophytes, animalcules and infusoriesBy 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 ...
Tópico(s): Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
2007 - SciELO | Revista chilena de infectología
Tópico(s): Phytochemistry Medicinal Plant Applications
2007 - SciELO | Revista chilena de infectología