Joseph Heitman, Barbara J. Howlett, Pedro W. Crous, Eva H. Stukenbrock, Timothy Yong James, Neil A. R. Gow

The Fungal Kingdom (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Fungi research and knowledge grew rapidly following recent advances in genetics and genomics. This book synthesizes new knowledge with existing information to stimulate new scientific questions and propel fungal scientists on to the next stages of research. This book is a comprehensive guide on fungi, environmental sensing, genetics, genomics, interactions with microbes, plants, insects, and humans, technological applications, and natural product development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 1160
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781555819583
• Artikelnr.: 59848612

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: Fungal Branches on the Eukaryotic Tree of Life: 1. The fungal
tree of life: from molecular systematics to genomescale phylogenics
2. Six key traits of fungi: their evolutionary origins and genetic bases
3. What defines the "kingdom" fungi?
4. Fungal diversity revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 million species
5. Microsporidia: obligate intracellular pathogens within the fungal
kingdom
Section II: Life of Fungi: 6. Fungal sex: the Ascomycota
7. Fungal sex: The Basidiomycota
8. Fungal Sex: The Mucoromycota
9. Sex and the imperfect fungi
10. Molecular mechanisms regulating cell fusion and heterokaryon formation
in filamentous fungi
11. Cell biology of hyphal growth
12. The fungal cell wall: structure, biosynthesis, and function
13. Fungal ecology: principles and mechanisms of colonization and
competition by saprotrophic fungi
14. Longdistance dispersal of fungi
15. The mycelium as a network
Section III: Fungal Ecology: 16. The geomycology of elemental cycling and
transformations in the environment
17. Ecology of fungal plant pathogens
18. Key ecological roles for zoosporic true fungi in aquatic habitats
Section IV: How Fungi Sense Their Environment: 19. Nutrient sensing at the
plasma membrane of fungal cells
20. The complexity of fungal vision
21. Stress adaptation
22. Thigmo responses: the fungal sense of touch
23. Melanin, radiation, and energy transduction in fungi
24. Making time: conservation of biological clocks from fungi to animals
25. Target of rapamycin (TOR) regulates growth in response to nutritional
signals
Section V: Fungal Genetics and Genomics as Models for Biology: 26. Fungal
cell cycle: a unicellular versus multicellular comparison
27. A matter of scale and dimensions: chromatin of chromosome landmarks in
the fungi
28. Ploidy variation in fungi: polyploidy, aneuploidy, and genome evolution
29. Fungal genomes and insights into the evolution of the kingdom
30. Sources of fungal genetic variation and associating it with phenotypic
diversity
31. RNA interference in fungi: retention and loss
32. Amyloid prions in fungi
33. Repeatinduced point mutation and other genome defense mechanisms in
fungi
Section VI: Fungal Interactions with Plants: Impact on Agriculture and the
Biosphere: 34. Plant pathogenic fungi
35. The mutualistic interaction between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal
fungi
36. Lichenized fungi and the evolution of symbiotic organization
37. Fungal plant pathogenesis mediated by effectors
38. Emerging fungal threats to plants and animals challenge agriculture and
ecosystem resilience
Section VII: Fungi and the Human Host: 39. Fungi that infect humans
40. The mycobiome: impact on health and disease states
41. Skin fungi from colonization to infection
42. Fungal biofilms: inside out
43. Fungal recognition and host defense mechanisms
44. Antifungal drugs: the current armamentarium and development of new
agents
Section VIII: Fungal Interactions with Animals (Fungi, Insects, and
Nematodes) and Other Microbes: 45. The insect pathogens
46. Made for each other: ascomycete yeasts and insects
47. Nematodetrapping fungi
48. Hostmicrosporidia interactions in Caenorhabiditis elegans, a model
nematode host
49. Bacterial endosymbionts: master modulators of fungal phenotypes
50. Necrotrophic mycoparasites and their genomes
Section IX: Fungi: Technology and Natural Products: 51. Fungal enzymes and
yeasts for conversion of plant biomass to bioenergy and highvalue products
52. Fungal ligninolytic enzymes and their applications
53. Fungi as a source of food
54. Biologically active secondary metabolites from the fungi.