Handbook of fungal biotechnology

I CELL BIOLOGY, BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNOLOGIES 1 Cell Biology of Hyphae Oded Yarden 2 Protoplast Isolation, Regeneration, and Fusion in Filamentous Fungi Shubha P. Kale and Deepak Bhatnagar 3 Metabolic Pathway Regulation Perng-Kuang Chang and Richard B. Todd 4 Fungal Nuclei and Chromosomes Benjamin C. K. Lu 5 Genomics of Filamentous Fungi: A General Review Ahmad M. Fakhoury and Gary A. Payne 6 Stability and Instability of Fungal Genomes A. John Clutterbuck 7 Secondary Metabolic Gene Clusters in Filamentous Fungi Jeffrey W. Cary 8 Application of Gene Cloning in Fungal Biotechnology L
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o Hornok and G
abor Giczey 9 Transformation and Gene Manipulation in Filamentous Fungi: An Overview Robert L. Mach 10 Genetic Manipulation Systems for Nonconventional Fungi Johannes W€ostemeyer, Anke Burmester, and Christine Schimek 11 Fungal Mitochondria: Genomes, Genetic Elements, and Gene Expression John C. Kennell and Stephanie M. Cohen 12 Fungal Evolution Meets Fungal Genomics Jessica Leigh, Elias Seif, Naiara Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, Yannick Jacob, and B. Franz Lang 13 Genome Sequence Patterns and Gene Regulation: A Bioinformatics Perspective Gautam B. Singh 14 DNA Chips and Microarray Analysis: An Overview Sangdun Choi 15 Signal Transduction in Fungi: Signaling Cascades Regulating Virulence in Filamentous Fungi Susanne Zeilinger II COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIAL 16 Application of Genetic Engineering for Strain Improvement in Filamentous Fungi Helena Nevalainen, Valentino Te’o, and Merja Penttil€a 17 The Genetic Improvement of Wine Yeasts Isak S. Pretorius 18 Fungi in Brewing: Biodiversity and Biotechnology Perspectives Jørgen Hansen and Jure Piskur 19 Ethanol-Tolerance and Production by Yeast Tah´ıa Ben´ıtez and Antonio C. Cod
on 20 Solid-State Fermentation: An Overview Poonam Nigam, Tim Robinson, and Dalel Singh 21 Basic Principles for the Production of Fungal Enzymes by Solid-State Fermentation Gustavo Viniegra-Gonz
alez and Ernesto Favela-Torres 22 Commercial Importance of Some Fungal Enzymes Rajendra K. Saxsena, Bhawana Malhotra, and Anoop Batra 23 Xylanases of Thermophilic Molds and Their Application Potential Seema Rawat and Bhavdish N. Johri 24 Chitin Biosynthesis in Fungi Jos
e Ruiz-Herrera and Roberto Ruiz-Medrano 25 Bioactive Fungal Polysaccharides and Polysaccharopeptides T. B. Ng 26 Biotechnological Potential of Fungal Lipids Michel Sancholle, Fr
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eric Laruelle, Dorothy M. L€osel, and J
er^ome Muchembled 27 Introduction to the Theory of Metabolic Modeling and Optimization of Biochemical Systems: Application to Citric Acid Production in Aspergillus niger N
estor V. Torres, Fernando Alvarez-Vasquez, and Eberhard O. Voit 28 Fungal Carotenoid Production Javier Avalos and Enrique Cerd
a-Olmedo 29 Fungal Terpenoid Antibiotics and Enzyme Inhibitors Shigeharu Inouye, Shigeru Abe, and Hideyo Yamaguchi 30 Commercial Production and Biosynthesis of Fungal Antibiotics: An Overview S. Guti
errez, R. E. Cardoza, J. Casqueiro, and J. F. Mart´ın 31 Molecular Biology of Trichoderma and Biotechological Applications Merja Pentill€a, Carmen Lim
on, and Helena Nevalainen 32 Plectomycetes: Biotechnological Importance and Systematics Junta Sugiyama and Hiroyuki Ogawa 33 Exploitation of GFP-Technology with Filamentous Fungi Dan Funck Jensen and Alexander Schulz III MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY 34 Antifungal Drugs in Fungal Infections Yoshimi Niwano 35 Antitumor and Immunomodulatory Compounds from Fungi T. B. Ng 36 Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Infections Malcolm Richardson and Simo Nikkari 37 Candidiasis A. G. Palma-Carlos and M. Laura Palma-Carlos 38 Immunizations Against Fungal Diseases in Man and Animals Esther Segal and Daniel Elad 39 Fungal Allergy Viswanath P. Kurup IV CULTURE COLLECTIONS AND BIOSAFETY 40 Current Status of Fungal Collections and Their Role in Biotechnology David Smith and Matthew J. Ryan 41 Benefits and Risks of Genetically Modified Foods: An Overview Felicity Goodyear-Smith 42 Transgenic Mycoherbicides: Needs and Safety Considerations Jonathan Gressel 43 Recent Developments in Biotechnology and Intellectual Property, Access to Genetic Resources, and Benefit-Sharing