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Informationen zum Autor Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology! Duke University Medical Center! Durham! North Carolina! USA. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
