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Édouard Chatton

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Nationality
  
France

Doctoral students
  
André Michel Lwoff

Field
  
Biology

Fields
  
Biology

Author abbrev. (botany)
  
Chatton

Notable student
  
André Michel Lwoff

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Known for
  
Distinction between prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Died
  
23 April 1947, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France

Similar
  
André Michel Lwoff, François Jacob, Jacques Monod

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Édouard Chatton ([edwaʁ ʃatɔ̃]) (11 October 1883 – 23 April 1947, Banyuls-sur-Mer) was a French biologist who first characterized the distinction between the eukaryotic and prokaryotic systems of cellular organization. Chatton coined the terms in his 1925 paper, Pansporella perplex: Reflections on the Biology and Phylogeny of the Protozoa.

Chatton's initial interest was in various human pathogenic protozoa, members of the Apicomplexa and Trypanosomatids. He later expanded his studies to include marine protists, helping to contribute to the description of the dinoflagellate protists. At the Pasteur Institute he met and became a mentor to André Michel Lwoff, future Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine. The two scientists remained close associates until Chatton's death in 1947.

References

Édouard Chatton Wikipedia