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Informationen zum Autor J. K. Misra, S. K. Deshmukh Zusammenfassung Fungi are known to produce low molecular weight compounds and several cholesterol-lowering ones like the statins. Compounds such as the cytochalasins, peptaibols, grisan and scirpene derivatives are found only in fungi. This volume intends to bring together what we know about the fungi from different environments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Fungi from Paleo-environments: Their Role in Environmental Interpretations; Fungi in the Air Aeromycology: An Overview; Fungi in Saline Water Bodies with Special Attention to the Hypersaline Dead Sea Mycobiota; Filamentous Fungi in the Marine Environment: Chemical Ecology; The Genus Achlya from Alkaline and Sewage Polluted Aquatic Environment; Keratinolytic and Keratinophilic Fungi in Sewage Sludge: Factors Influencing their Occurrence; Fungi in Snow Environments: Psychrophilic Moulds A Group of Pathogens Affecting Plants under Snow; Fungi from High Nitrogen Environments Ammonia Fungi: Ecophysiological Aspects; Prospecting for Novel Enzyme Activities and their Genes in Filamentous Fungi from Extreme Environments; The Cuckoo Fungus Termite ball Mimicking Termite Eggs: A Novel Insect-fungal Association; The Hallucinogenic Mushrooms: Diversity, Traditions, Use and Abuse with Special Reference to the Genus Psilocybe; Environmental Impacts on Fatty Acid Composition of Fungal Membranes; Microsporum canis Airborne Pathogen of Cats and its Control through Environmental Management: A Review; Thermophilic Moulds in Environmental Management
