Fungi - Biology and Applications

Klappentext Fungi: Biology and Applications! Second Edition provides a comprehensive! introductory treatment of fungi! covering biochemistry! genetics and the medical and economic significance of these organisms. With no prior knowledge of the subject assumed! the opening chapters offer a broad overview of the basics of fungal biology! in particular the physiology and genetics of fungi and also a new chapter on the application of genomics to fungi. The book then moves on to include detailed coverage of topics such as antibiotic and chemical commodities from fungi! new chapters on biotechnological use of fungal enzymes and fungal proteomics! and fungal diseases of humans! antifungal agents for use in human therapy and fungal pathogens of plants.* Fully updated and including three new chapters on Applications to Genomics to fungi! Biotechnological use of Fungal Enzymes and Fungal Proteomics* Includes revision questions and further reading* Comprehensive treatment of the medical and economic importance on everyday life* Invaluable for undergraduates taking a first course on fungal biology or mycology* Written by internationally respected experts in the field* Colour plate section Zusammenfassung Fungi: Biology and Applications ! Second Edition provides a comprehensive treatment of fungi! covering biochemistry! genetics and the medical and economic significance of these organisms at introductory level. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors ix1 Introduction to Fungal Physiology 1Graeme M. Walker and Nia A. White1.1 Introduction 11.2 Morphology of Yeasts and Fungi 21.3 Ultrastructure and Function of Fungal Cells 41.4 Fungal Nutrition and Cellular Biosyntheses 111.5 Fungal Metabolism 211.6 Fungal Growth and Reproduction 261.7 Conclusions 332 Fungal Genetics 37Malcolm Whiteway and Catherine Bachewich2.1 Introduction 372.2 Fungal Life Cycles 392.3 Sexual Analysis: Regulation of Mating 462.4 Unique Characteristics of Filamentous Fungi that are Advantageous for Genetic Analysis 512.5 Genetics as a Tool 522.6 Conclusion 623 Fungal Genomics 67David Fitzpatrick and Edgar Mauricio Medina Tovar3.1 Introduction 673.2 Genome Sequencing 733.3 Bioinformatics Tools 773.4 Comparative Genomics 833.5 Genomics and the Fungal Tree of Life 873.6 Online Fungal Genomic Resources 893.7 Conclusion 924 Fungal Genetics: A Post-Genomic Perspective 95Brendan Curran and Virginia Bugeja4.1 Introduction 954.2 Genomics 964.3 Transcriptomics and Proteomics 1064.4 Proteomics 1104.5 Systems Biology 1194.6 Conclusion 1215 Fungal Fermentations Systems and Products 125Kevin Kavanagh5.1 Introduction 1255.2 Fungal Fermentation Systems 1265.3 Commercial Fungal Products 1325.4 Conclusion 1456 Pharmaceutical and Chemical Commodities from Fungi 147Karina A. Horgan and Richard A. Murphy6.1 Introduction to Pharmaceutical and Chemical Commodities 1476.2 Fungal Metabolism 1486.3 Antibiotic Production 1506.4 Pharmacologically Active Products 1566.5 Chemical Commodities 1626.6 Yeast Extracts 1726.7 Enriched Yeast 1746.8 Conclusions 1777 Biotechnological Use of Fungal Enzymes 179Shauna M. McKelvey and Richard A. Murphy7.1 Introduction to Enzymes 1797.2 Enzymes in Industry 1807.3 Current Enzyme Applications 1807.4 Future Direction of Industrial Enzymes 1867.5 Specific Enzymes 1867.6 Enzyme Production Strategies 2017.7 Conclusions 2028 The Biotechnological Exploitation of Heterologous Protein Production in Fungi 205Brendan Curran and Virginia Bugeja8.1 Introduction 2058.2 Heterologous Protein Expression in Fungi 2068.3 Case Study: Hepatitis B Vaccine: A Billion Dollar Heterologous Protein from Yeast 2188.4 Further Biotechnological Applications of Expression Technology 2228.5 Conclusions 2279 Fungal Proteomics 231Sean Doyle9.1 Introduction 2319.2 Protein Isolation and Purification 2349.3 Electrophoretic Techniques 2379.4 Protein Mass Spectrometry 2409.5 Fung...

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• Authors: Kevin Kavanagh
• Assisted by: Kevin Kavanagh (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2011
• EAN: 9780470977095
• ISBN: 978-0-470-97709-5
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology