Chester Emmons

Chester Emmons

Chester Wilson Emmons (* 1900; † 1985) war ein US-amerikanischer Mykologe. Sein botanisch-mykologisches Autorenkürzel lautet „C.W.Emmons“.

Emmons war der erste medizinische Mykologe an den National Institutes of Health und Leiter der Sektion Medizinische Mykologie am National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). 1934 führte er die heute noch übliche Einteilung der Dermatophyten in drei Gattungen ein. 1951 entdeckte er die Umwelt-Nische von Cryptococcus neoformans.

Literatur

  • Goos, R.; Kwon-Chung, K.J.: Chester Wilson Emmons, 1900-1985. In: Mycologia 78(1986), S. 687-691

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