Feature:

Presents current trends in the field of mycology in general and fungal biotechnology in particular

Provides new insights in the field of genetic improvement, transformations and phyllogenetic relationship of different genera and species

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The present book is aimed to provide the readers with current trends in the field of Mycology in general and fungal biotechnology in particular.

The book would be of utmost importance to students, researchers and teachers of botany, mycology, microbiology, medical microbiology, fungal biotechnology and nanotechnology. The readers should find the book full of information and reader friendly.

Contents:

Preface.- 1.Better Yeast for Better Wine - Genetic Improvement of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wine Strains; Dorit Schuller.- 2.Genetics and Genomics of Aspergillus flavus;Jiujiang Yu, William C. Nierman, Joan W. Bennett, Thomas E. Cleveland, Deepak Bhatnagar, Bruce C. Campbell, Ralph A. Dean, and Gary Payne.- 3.Genetic Transformation of Zygomycetes Fungi; Tamás Papp, Árpád Csernetics, Ildikó Nyilasi, Marianna Ábrók, Csaba Vágvölgyi.- 4.Current Advances in Aspergillosis; Amparo Solé.- 5.Fungal Infections of The Central Nervous System; Salwa Shabbir Sheikhand Samir Sami Amr.- 6. Otomycosis in Turkey:A Review; Muge Ozcan.- 7.Current Trends in Fungal Sinusitis; Ahmed Ragab.-8.Biodiversity of Filamentous Fungi on Soils and Sands; E. Azevedo, D. Figueir, M.F. Caeiro and M. Barata.-9.Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Growth Promotion of Crop Plants; Sarika Shende and Mahendra Rai.-10.Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis: Possibilities and Prospects; Kamal Prasad.- 11.Higher Basidiomycetes Mushrooms as a Source of Antioxidants; Mikheil D. Asatiani,Vladimir Elisashvili, George Songulashvili and Solomon P. Wasser.-12.The Contribution of Wild Fungi to Diet, Income and Health: A World Review; Miriam de Roman.-13.Mercury in Certain Mushroom Species in Poland; Jerzy Falandysz.-14.Alcohol Oxidase Enzyme of Methylotrophic Yeasts as a Basis of Biosensors for Detection of Lower Aliphatic Alcohols; Anatoly N. Reshetilov, Tatyana A Reshetilova and Anna E.Kitova.-15. Chitin Metabolism In Fungi; Neetu Dahiya.-16.Fungi-mediated synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Characterization Processes and Applications; Nelson Durán, Priscyla D.Marcato,,Avinash Ingle, Aniket Gade and Mahendra Rai