Biodiversity of fungi : their role in human life /

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Imprint:Enfield, N.H. : Science Publishers, 2005.
Description:xiii, 460 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5996368
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Other authors / contributors:Deshmukh, S. K. (Sunil K.)
Rai, M. K.
ISBN:1578083680
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The biodiversity of fungi and its human relevance / David L. Hawksworth
  • 2. Fungal phylogeny based on complete mitochondrial genome sequences / Travis A. Clark and Jean-Marc Moncalvo
  • 3. Fungi from little-explored and extreme habitats / T. S. Suryanarayanan and D. L. Hawksworth
  • 4. Diversity and ecology of fungal endophytes in tropical forests / A. Elizabeth Arnold
  • 5. Halotolerant and halophilic fungi / Nina Gunde Cimerman, Jens C. Frisvad, Polona Zalar and Ana Plemenitas
  • 6. Phoma saccardo and related genera : some new perspectives in taxonomy and biotechnology / G. J. Kovics, A. K. Pandey and M. K. Rai
  • 7. Potential of ligninolytic basidiomycetes to degrade organopollutants / Vaclav Sasek
  • 8. Applications of fungi in metal bioremediation technology / K. M. Paknikar and A. V. Pethkar
  • 9. Aquatic fungi in heavy metal and organically polluted habitats / Gudrun Krauss, Dietmar Schlosser and Gerd-Joachim Krauss
  • 10. The role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in bioremediation of heavy metals / K. Natarajan and Malathy Srinivasan
  • 11. Keratinophilic fungi on birds and their ability to decompose keratin / S. K. Deshmukh and R. K. S. Kushwaha
  • 12. Mushroom polysaccharides in human health care / Solomon P. Wasser and Marina Ya. Didukh
  • 13. The chanterelle : an edible ectomycorrhizal mushroom / Eric Danell
  • 14. Neosartorya (eurotiales) : taxonomy and significance in applied mycology / Shun-ichi Udagawa and Takashi Yaguchi
  • 15. Evolution of fungal diseases of ornamental plants and their management / Maria Lodovica Gullino and Angelo Garibaldi
  • 16. Organic dyes from fungi and lichens / Martha Cedano Maldonado and Luis Villasenor Ibarra
  • 17. Universally primed PCR (UP-PCR) and its applications in mycology / Mette Lubeck and Peter Stephensen Lubeck
  • 18. Fungal protoplast technology / Manisha V. Chitnis and Mukund V. Deshpande.