Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology -

Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology

Buch | Hardcover
XII, 293 Seiten
2017 | 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-61574-5 (ISBN)
160,49 inkl. MwSt

This book presents an up-to-date review of the ecology of yeast communities in natural ecosystems. It focuses on their biological interactions, including mutualism, parasitism, commensalism and antagonistic interactions, and is closely connected with the volume Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Diversity by the same editors.

Yeasts are the smallest eukaryotic organisms successfully growing under a wide range of environmental conditions. They constantly modify the environment through their own metabolic activities. Although yeasts are among the earlier colonizers of nutrient-rich substrates, their role in ecosystem processes is not limited to the consumption and transformation of simple sugars. They also engage in close relationships with animals, plants and other fungi in the environment as mutualists, competitors, parasites and pathogens. This book reviews the diversity of biological interactions and roles of yeasts in ecosystems and summarises recent concepts andtools developed in community ecology. All of the chapters were written by leading international yeast research experts, and will appeal to researchers and advanced students in the field of microbial ecology.

Prof. Dr. Pietro Buzzini, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, Department of Agricultural, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121 Perugia, Italy Prof. Dr. Marc-André Lachance, University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, 1151 Richmond St, London N6A 5B7, Canada Dr. Andrey Yurkov, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ, Inhoffenstr. 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany

Yeasts as Distinct Life Forms of Fungi.- Yeast Habitats: Different but Global.-Yeast Community Composition and Structure.- Temporal and Geographic Patterns in Yeast Distribution.- Biogeography and Ecology of the Genus Saccharomyces.- Mutualism in Yeasts.- Parasitism in Yeasts.- Commensalism: the Case of the Human Zymobiome.- Antagonistic Interactions and Killer Yeasts.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo XII, 293 p. 20 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 625 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Technik Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte Biomedical and Life Sciences • Biotechnology • Commensalism • Ecological science, the Biosphere • Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology • environmental science, engineering & technology • Environmental science, engineering & technology • Killer yeasts • Life sciences: general issues • microbial ecology • Microbiology • Microbiology (non-medical) • mutualism • parasitism • Saccharomyces • Yeast communities • Yeast distribution • Yeast ecology • Yeast habitat
ISBN-10 3-319-61574-2 / 3319615742
ISBN-13 978-3-319-61574-5 / 9783319615745
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