Screen LibraryThe fungal kingdom /
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ASM Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, DC : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 1136 pages : illustrations (some color), forms ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781555819576 (hardcover) : 1555819575 (hardcover) 9781555819583 (ebook) 1555819583 (ebook) |
| Index Number: | QK603 |
| CLC: | Q949.32 |
| Call Number: | Q949.32/F981-12 |
| Contents: |
FUNGAL BRANCHES ON THE EUKARYOTIC TREE OF LIFE -- The Fungal Tree of Life: From Molecular Systematics to Genome-Scale Phylogenies / Six Key Traits of Fungi: Their Evolutionary Origins and Genetic Bases / What Defines the "Kingdom" Fungi? / Fungal Diversity Revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 Million Species / Microsporidia: Obligate Intracellular Pathogens within the Fungal Kingdom / LIFE OF FUNGI -- Fungal Sex: The Ascomycota I / Fungal Sex: The Basidiomycota / Fungal Sex: The Mucoromycota / Sex and the Imperfect Fungi / Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Cell Fusion and Heterokaryon Formation in Filamentous Fungi / Cell Biology of Hyphal Growth / The Fungal Cell Wall: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function / Fungal Ecology: Principles and Mechanisms of Colonization and Competition by Saprotrophic Fungi / Long-Distance Dispersal of Fungi / The Mycelium as a Network / FUNGAL ECOLOGY -- The Geomycology of Elemental Cycling and Transformations in the Environment / Ecology of Fungal Plant Pathogens / Key Ecological Roles for Zoosporic True Fungi in Aquatic Habitats / HOW FUNGI SENSE THEIR ENVIRONMENT -- Nutrient Sensing at the Plasma Membrane of Fungal Cells / The Complexity of Fungal Vision / Stress Adaptation / Thigmo Responses: The Fungal Sense of Touch / Melanin, Radiation, and Energy Transduction in Fungi / Making Time: Conservation of Biological Clocks from Fungi to Animals / Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Regulates Growth in Response to Nutritional Signals / FUNGAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS AS MODELS FOR BIOLOGY -- Fungal Cell Cycle: A Unicellular versus Multicellular Comparison / A Matter of Scale and Dimensions: Chromatin of Chromosome Landmarks in the Fungi / Ploidy Variation in Fungi: Polyploidy, Aneuploidy, and Genome Evolution / Fungal Genomes and Insights into the Evolution of the Kingdom / Sources of Fungal Genetic Variation and Associating It with Phenotypic Diversity / RNA Interference in Fungi: Retention and Loss / Amyloid Prions in Fungi / Repeat-Induced Point Mutation and Other Genome Defense Mechanisms in Fungi / FUNGAL INTERACTIONS WITH PLANTS: IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE AND THE BIOSPHERE -- Plant Pathogenic Fungi / The Mutualistic Interaction between Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi / Lichenized Fungi and the Evolution of Symbiotic Organization / Fungal Plant Pathogenesis Mediated by Effectors / Emerging Fungal Threats to Plants and Animals Challenge Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience / FUNGI AND THE HUMAN HOST -- Fungi that Infect Humans / The Mycobiome: Impact on Health and Disease States / Skin Fungi from Colonization to Infection / Fungal Biofilms: Inside Out / Fungal Recognition and Host Defense Mechanisms / Antifungal Drugs: The Current Armamentarium and Development of New Agents / FUNGAL INTERACTIONS WITH ANIMALS (FUNGI, INSECTS, AND NEMATODES) AND OTHER MICROBES -- The Insect Pathogens / Made for Each Other: Ascomycete Yeasts and Insects / Nematode-Trapping Fungi / Host-Microsporidia Interactions in Caenorhabiditis elegans, a Model Nematode Host / Bacterial Endosymbionts: Master Modulators of Fungal Phenotypes / Necrotrophic Mycoparasites and Their Genomes / FUNGI: TECHNOLOGY AND NATURAL PRODUCTS -- Fungal Enzymes and Yeasts for Conversion of Plant Biomass to Bioenergy and High-Value Products / Fungal Ligninolytic Enzymes and Their Applications / Fungi as a Source of Food / Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites from the Fungi / |