Biology of Microfungi

ISBN-13: 9783319291352 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 650 str.

De-Wei Li

Opis

This reference book includes 24 chapters written by a group of experts in the different fields of microfungi and cover a broad range of topics on microfungi.

Recenzje

"Each chapter is extremely well documented, and many include excellent photographs. This compendium is a valuable source of current information on a wide range of mycological research topics applicable for professionals in numerous fields. ... The volume is imperative because many works about fungi typically do not focus on microfungi. The title should be available in college and university libraries that support teaching and research in the biological sciences. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals and practitioners." (K. M. Foos, Choice, Vol. 54 (2), October, 2016)
"The whole is well-edited and presented, and it was pleasing to see coloured illustrations in the chapters ... . All major mycological libraries will benefit from a copy ... ." (IMA Fungus, Vol. 7 (1), June, 2016)

Spis treści

Table of Contents

Preface

1.     Introduction –advances and predicament   

2.     Recent changes in fungal nomenclature and their impact on naming of microfungi

3.     Future perspectives and challenges of fungal systematics in the age of big data.

4.     Molecular techniques in mycological studies and sequence data curating: quality control and challenges

5.     Challenges and future perspectives in the systematics of Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina

6.     Entomophthoromycota: a new overview of some of the oldest terrestrial fungi

7.     Latest developments in the research of rust fungi and their allies (Pucciniomycotina)

8.     Conidiogenesis: its evolutionary aspects in the context of a philosophy of opportunity (lectics)

9.     Fungal diversity of Central and South America

10.  Mesofungi

11.  Evolution of fungi and update on ethnomycology

12.  Phylogenetic diversity of fungi in the sea including the Opisthosporidia

13.   Biology and ecology of freshwater fungi

14.  Dispersal strategies of microfungi

15.  Microfungi in indoor environments: what is known and what is not?

16.   Biology of the whiskey fungus

17.  Allergenic microfungi and human health: a review on exposure, sensitization, and sequencing allergenic proteins

18.  What’s old is new: Recognition of new fungal pathogens in the era of phylogenetics and changing taxonomy and implications for medical mycology

19.  Mycotoxins in food and feed: a challenge for the 21st century

20.  Inhalation exposure and toxic effects of mycotoxins

21.  Fungi in fermentation and biotransformation systems

22.  Microfungi in biofuel and bioenergy research

23.  Interactions of microfungi and plant parasitic nematodes

24.  Pathogenic microfungi associated with Spartina in salt marshes

Index

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O autorze

De-Wei Li, Ph.D. 

Research Mycologist 

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Valley Laboratory 

Windsor, CT 

USA

Dr. Li is a leading scholar in microbiology related to fungi and a is lecturer at Yale University.

Blurb

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.