Biology of Microfungi

Herausgegeben:Li, De-Wei

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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. It provides the most updated information on the latest development in systematics and taxonomy of microfungi, new techniques which were developed in the last ten years and their application in microfungal research. After the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) was adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011, it has had a profound impact on mycology and its research. Fungal nomenclature changes and its significance to fungal taxonomy and naming of microfungi in the future is discussed in detail. Since dual names system for fungi developing both sexual and asexual states, and fungi developing only asexual state is no longer available, the first five chapters will clarify some confusion and provides perspective views on the direction forfuture research. The next nine chapters cover microfungi and their ecological roles or functions in the different habitats (air, indoor, aquatic, marine, plants, soils, etc). The remaining 13 chapters cover the relationship of microfungi and humans (good and bad) and usage or application microfungi in different industries, such as food, agriculture, forestry, green technology, pharmaceutics, and medicine, as well as in our daily life. The book bridges the gap between basic mycological research and applied mycology and provide readers a unique set of information and knowledge of microfungi generated from multiple angles in different fields of mycology.

Produktdetails

• Fungal Biology
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-80498-9
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
• Seitenzahl: 664
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 1003g
• ISBN-13: 9783319804989
• ISBN-10: 3319804987
• Artikelnr.: 53576965

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 & 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

Rezensionen

"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 ... . Allmajor mycological libraries will benefit from a copy ... ." (IMA Fungus, Vol. 7 (1), June, 2016)