Fungal Ecology, Diversity and Metabolites Zaid Hays & Danny Watson
- ISBN: 9781788821902
- Edition: 1st
- ©Year: 2020
- List Price : 165
About the Book
Mycology is a frontier area of research in life sciences. Fungi represent one of the three major evolutionary segments along with plants and animals. Fungal multidimensional features with basic and applied value projected their potential beyond routine systematics, diversity and environmental studies. In view of tremendous developments in the field of Mycology, the present treatise emphasizes various aspects of contemporary issues in mycology. It comprises 22 chapters with emphasis on the fungal ecology, diversity and metabolites.The topics treated include aquatic ecology, diversity and phylogeny, mutualism and interactions, potential metabolites, pathology and toxins, fungal infections and prevention, cell permeabilization and advances in monocarboxylate transporters in yeasts with an emphasis on cancer therapy. This volume is of special interest to mycologists as a valuable source of information on the frontier areas of mycology dealing with diversity, ecological amplitudes, methods of assessment, novel metabolites and bioprospecting avenues.
Contents: 1. Introduction to Fungi, 2. Freshwater Hyphomycetes, 3. Mangrove Fungi of the Indian Peninsula, 4. Marine Fungi and Novel Metabolites, 5. Fungi of Soil, 6. Fungal Infections in Humans, 7. Nematophagous Fungus, 8. Coprophilous and Aquatic Fungi, 9. Forest Pathology in India.
Zaid Hays is Senior Lecturer in Microbiology at the Edinburgh, and has 12 years of teaching experience in the field of plant-microbe-fungal interactions. He has published over 137 scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals, been an invited keynote speaker at international symposia and congresses around the world, and acted as consultant to biotechnology companies. His areas of specialization are ecology and management of soil borne pathogens, Fungal Ecology, Diversity and Metabolites, Plant Biotechnology Techniques, Medicinal Plant Biotechnology, Biotechnology in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.
Danny Watson is a Professor of Biology Emeritus in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. His areas of specialization are ecology and management of soil borne pathogens, Fungal Ecology, Diversity and Metabolites, Plant Biotechnology Techniques, Medicinal Plant Biotechnology, Biotechnology in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.The author or coauthor of more than 65 professional publications, he is a member of the National Mycological Society, the Ecological Society, and the Mycological Society, among others. Danny Watson has to his credit numerous researches papers, published in national and international journals and is also the author of three laboratory manuals in Botany.