Biology of Microfungi / edited by De-Wei Li.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Li, De-Wei, editor.

SpringerLink (Online service)

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)

Fungal biology (Springer (Firm)) 2198-7777

Fungal Biology, 2198-7777

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microbiology.

Mycology.

Local Subjects:

Microbiology.

Mycology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 650 pages) : 101 illustrations, 93 illustrations in color.

Edition:

First edition 2016.

Contained In:

Springer eBooks

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

System Details:

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Summary:

This book principally covers the latest development of research on microfungi from both systematic and practical aspects. Microfungi are in our daily life, but we normally do not realize their presence. Without microfungi we would not be able to enjoy our baked food, fermented food, preserved food, alcoholic beverages, and access to some modern medication, such as penicillin and cyclosporine, which are secondary metabolites of microfungi. Recent advances in mycology presented in this book will be useful to identify the needs in mycological research and to determine the direction or niches for future research.

Contents:

What are microfungi (Introduction)?

Fungal nomenclature changes and its significance to fungal taxonomy and naming of microfungi

DNA sequencing and development of fungal systematics

Conidiogenesis and phylogenetic relationships of anamorphic fungi

Molecular techniques and microfungi biodiversity studies

What roles played by microfungi in nature (Microfungi, plants and our planet)?

Symbiotic relationship of microfungi and plants

Endophytic fungi of woody plants

Diversity of Hyphomycetes in soil

Airborne microfungi and their strategies and mechanisms of release and dispersal

Microfungi in indoor environments

Marine fungi, an under-charted territory

Aquatic fungi and their role in ecosystem

Anamorphs of Basidiomycetes (Polyporaceae)

Mycotoxins and secondary metabolites produced by microfungi

Microfungi with medicinal properties and their roles in pharmaceutical research

Allergenic and pathogenic microfungi and human health

Microfungi and food/vegetable and food products (soy sauce, bread, cheese, jiaobai, miso, Tempeh, doufuru, mantou, baozi,)

Microfungi and fermentation (alcoholic beverages)

Green life style with microfungi - composting

Microfungi-can these fungi be an alternative source for biofuel?

Pollen, pollinators and fungal dispersal

Enzymes produced by microfungi and their industrial significance (Biotechnology, microfungi and industrial applications)

Recent major plant diseases caused by microfungi

Bat white nose syndrome and diminishing populations of bats in the USA

Wood blue stain fungi and their significance

Biocontrol of phytopathogens, insects, nematodes, and weeds using microfungi. List of Contributors (Most have confirmed) A. Elizabeth Arnold, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Adnan Uzunovic, Taiga Forest Health, Durability and Protection, Vancouver, BC, Canada Bärlocher F, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada Behr, M., New York Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA Blehert, D. S., National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Buckles, E. L., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA Chin Yang, Prestige EnviroMicrobiology, Voorhees, NJ, USA Darling, S. R., Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, Rutland, VT, USA David Bass, University of Oxford, UK David Hibbett, Clark University, Worchester, MA, USA Deborah Waters, University College Cork, Ireland Dian-Qing Yang, FPInnovations, Quebec, Canada Donat Magyar, Head of Department at National Institute of Environmental Health, Department of Aerobiological Monitoring, Hungary Eric McKenzie, Landcare Research Manaaki Whenua, Lincoln, New Zealand Gary Peng, Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA Glaucia M. Pastore, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil Guy Leonard, The Natural History Museum, London, UK James Scott, University of Toronto, Ontario, CA John Klironomos, University of Guleph, Ontario, Canada Kevin Hyde, Mae Fah Luang University, Muang District, Thailand Liming Xia, Institute of Bioengineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Meredith D.M. Jones, School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK Summerbell Richard, Sporometrics, Toronto, Ontaro, CA Tony Byrne, National Resources Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Wenping Wu, R&D Director and Deng Jun, IPR Manager, Novozymes China Xingzhong Liu, State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Yong Wang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Yucheng Dai, Institute of Microbiology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China Zheng Wang, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

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Printed edition:

ISBN:

978-3-319-29137-6

9783319291376

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