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Developments in Fungal Biology and Applied Mycology (eBook)

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2017 | 1st ed. 2017
XVII, 605 Seiten
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This book explores the developments in important aspects of fungi related to the environment, industrial mycology, microbiology, biotechnology, and agriculture. It discusses at length both basic and applied aspects of fungi and provides up-to-date laboratory-based data.

Of the estimated three million species of fungi on Earth, according to Hawksworth and coworkers, more than 100,000 have been described to date. Many fungi produce toxins, organic acids, antibiotics and other secondary metabolites, and are sources of useful biocatalysts such as cellulases, xylanases, proteases and pectinases, to mention a few. They can also cause diseases in animals as well as plants and many are able to break down complex organic molecules such as lignin and pollutants like xenobiotics, petroleum and polycyclic aromatic compounds. Current research on mushrooms focuses on their hypoglycemic, anti-cancer, anti-pathogenic and immunity-enhancing activities.

This ready-reference resource on various aspects of fungi is intended for graduate and post-graduate students as well as researchers in life sciences, microbiology, botany, environmental sciences and biotechnology.



Prof. T. Satyanarayana became a faculty fellow at the Division of Biological Sciences & Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (affiliated to the University of Delhi), New Delhi after retiring from Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi in 2016. He has over 270 scientific papers and reviews, 6 edited books and 3 patents to his credit. He is a fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), the Biotech Research Society (I) and the Mycological Society of India (MSI). He has 40 years of research and teaching experience and was president of the AMI and MSI. His research has focused on understanding the diversity and applications of yeasts, thermophilic fungi and bacteria and their enzymes as well as carbon sequestration using extremophilic bacterial carbonic anhydrases.

Dr. Bhavdish N Johri is a professor and NASI senior scientist at the Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics Centre, Barkatullah University, India. He has been the recipient of many academic awards, including the Indian National Science Academy's Young Scientist Medal, Rafi Kidwai Memorial award and Acharya PC Ray Fellowship (MPCST). He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (I), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and National Institute of Ecology. He has extensive teaching and research experience, and has 148 research publications and 3 edited books to his credit.

Dr. Sunil Kumar Deshmukh is a fellow and area convenor at the Nano-Biotechnology Research Centre, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. He was assistant director (Natural Products) at Piramal Enterprises Ltd., Mumbai. He has broad industrial experience in the field of applied microbiology. He is now president of the Mycological Society of India. He has 100 publications and eight patent to his credit. He has also edited seven books.


This book explores the developments in important aspects of fungi related to the environment, industrial mycology, microbiology, biotechnology, and agriculture. It discusses at length both basic and applied aspects of fungi and provides up-to-date laboratory-based data. Of the estimated three million species of fungi on Earth, according to Hawksworth and coworkers, more than 100,000 have been described to date. Many fungi produce toxins, organic acids, antibiotics and other secondary metabolites, and are sources of useful biocatalysts such as cellulases, xylanases, proteases and pectinases, to mention a few. They can also cause diseases in animals as well as plants and many are able to break down complex organic molecules such as lignin and pollutants like xenobiotics, petroleum and polycyclic aromatic compounds. Current research on mushrooms focuses on their hypoglycemic, anti-cancer, anti-pathogenic and immunity-enhancing activities. This ready-reference resource on various aspects of fungi is intended for graduate and post-graduate students as well as researchers in life sciences, microbiology, botany, environmental sciences and biotechnology.

Prof. T. Satyanarayana became a faculty fellow at the Division of Biological Sciences & Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (affiliated to the University of Delhi), New Delhi after retiring from Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi in 2016. He has over 270 scientific papers and reviews, 6 edited books and 3 patents to his credit. He is a fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), the Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), the Biotech Research Society (I) and the Mycological Society of India (MSI). He has 40 years of research and teaching experience and was president of the AMI and MSI. His research has focused on understanding the diversity and applications of yeasts, thermophilic fungi and bacteria and their enzymes as well as carbon sequestration using extremophilic bacterial carbonic anhydrases. Dr. Bhavdish N Johri is a professor and NASI senior scientist at the Department of Biotechnology & Bioinformatics Centre, Barkatullah University, India. He has been the recipient of many academic awards, including the Indian National Science Academy’s Young Scientist Medal, Rafi Kidwai Memorial award and Acharya PC Ray Fellowship (MPCST). He is a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (I), National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and National Institute of Ecology. He has extensive teaching and research experience, and has 148 research publications and 3 edited books to his credit. Dr. Sunil Kumar Deshmukh is a fellow and area convenor at the Nano-Biotechnology Research Centre, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi. He was assistant director (Natural Products) at Piramal Enterprises Ltd., Mumbai. He has broad industrial experience in the field of applied microbiology. He is now president of the Mycological Society of India. He has 100 publications and eight patent to his credit. He has also edited seven books.

1. Significant contributions of Prof. Shyam Bahadur Saksena to Indian mycology R. S. Mehrotra, M.R. Siddiqui and Ashok Aggarwal   2. Biology and significance of Saksenea vasiformis Itisha Singh and R.K.S.Kushwaha   3. History of Mycology in India: Some Glimpses C. Manoharachary   4.Various aspects of ammonia fungi               Akira Suzuki   5. Marine Filamentous Fungi: Diversity, Distribution and Bioprospecting K.R. Sridhar,   6. Keratinophilic Fungi and Their Biotechnological Potentials  ShilpaVerekar and Sunil Kumar Deshmukh   7. Fungal World of Cave Ecosystem Seema Rawat, Rachna Rautela and B.N. Johri   8. Biology of Anaerobic Gut Fungi D.N. Kamra and Birbal Singh  ; 9.. Fusarium oxysporum: Genomics, diversity and plant host interaction Anjul Rana, ManvikaSahgal and Bhavdish N Johri   10. Yeast genome sequencing: basic biology to biotechnology Krishna Kant Sharma   11. Fungal differentiation: A model phenomenon to screen antifungal drugs E. K. Pathan, S. G. Tupe and M.V. Deshpande   12. Candida albicans Biofilm as a Clinical Challenge                                                                                      ;                                                                 Ashwini Jadhav and Sankunny Mohan Karuppayil      13. Characteristics and multifarious potential applications of HAP phytase of the       unconventional yeast Pichia anomala Swati Joshi and T. Satyanarayana   14. Fungal Inulinolytic Enzymes: A current appraisal Hemant Kumar Rawat, Hemant Soni and Naveen Kango   15. Fungal Tannase: Recent advances and industrial applications Sunny Dhiman,Anu Kumar, Gunjan Mukherjee, Papiya Mukherjee, Sunil Kumar Deshmukh   16. Mycoremediation: an alternative treatment option for heavy metal bearing waste       water TuhinaVerma, Annapurna Maurya, Satyendra Kumar Garg   17. Treatment of landfill leachate using fungi: An efficient and cost-effective strategy Pooja Ghosh and Indu Shekhar Thakur   18. Studies on Mycorrhizae in Pinus gerardiana, a threatened pine of the NW Himalayas Sunil Kumar, VaneetJishtu, J.S. Thakur and TN Lakhanpal   19. Role of phosphate solubilizing fungi in sustainable agriculture Gurdeep Kaur and M. Sudhakara Reddy   20. Role of Fungicides in Crop Health Management: Prospects and Challenges T.S. Thind   21. Bioherbicides: Strategies, Challenges and Prospects K. R. Aneja, S. A. Khan and A. Aneja   22. Characterization of Lamellate Mushrooms - An Appraisal N. S. Atri, Munruchi Kaur and Samidha Sharma   23. Occurrence and distribution of mushrooms in semi – ever green Sal (Shorearobusta)            forest Chhattisgarh, Central - India.   Kamlesh Shukla, R.V. Shukla   24. Fungal Pigments Gunjan Mukherjee, Tulika Mishra, Sunil Kumar Deshmukh   25. Ex-situ Conservation of Fungi Sanjay K. Singh   26. Camouflaged mycotoxins in some field crops and forages SkarmaNonzom and Geeta Sumbali

Erscheint lt. Verlag 29.12.2017
Zusatzinfo XVII, 605 p. 33 illus., 21 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Singapore
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Mykologie
Schlagworte Endophytes • Fungi • Mycology • mycoremediation • Mycorrhizae • probiotic yeast • yeast
ISBN-10 981-10-4768-5 / 9811047685
ISBN-13 978-981-10-4768-8 / 9789811047688
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