New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Recent Advances in Application of Fungi and Fungal Metabolites: Current Aspects

Recent Advances in Application of Fungi and Fungal Metabolites: Current Aspects presents an account of recent developments and applied aspects of fungi and its metabolites for human welfare. The fungi and its metabolites are employed in diverse fields of agri-food, biochemistry, chemical engineering, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, and medical device development. The book contains chapters by the eminent researchers working with fungi and fungal metabolites explaining their importance and potential in manifold prospects. The book includes a description of various fungal metabolites and their chemistry and biotechnology Highlights the latest developments about the utilization of fungi and fungal metabolites Overviews applied aspects of fungi and their metabolites for human welfare Details the usage of fungi and their metabolites in diverse fields Identifies the importance and potential of fungi and fungal metabolites in manifold prospects Illustrates recent trends in fungal metabolite research using elaborate, expressive tables and figures with concise information. INDICE: 1. The fungal resources: current utilization, future prospects and challenges2. Recent advancement and biomedical applications of fungal metabolites3. Thermophilic fungi: Diversity, Physiology, Genetics and Applications4. Endophytic fungi: Novel source of bioactive fungal metabolites5. Lichens: Fungal symbionts and their secondary metabolites 6. Lichen metabolites: An unadulterated cradle of bioactive compounds7. Septin proteins and their role in regulation in fungi and yeast8. Bioactive terpenoids from wild mushrooms9. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi: Source of secondary metabolite production in medicinal plant10. Bioactive secondary metabolites of endophytic fungi from medicinal plants11. Bioactive natural products of endophytic fungi origin: production, activity and biotechnology12. Genus Penicillium: Advances and application in the modern era13. Aspergillus terreus: Taxonomy, biology and bioactive secondary metabolites with potential applications14. Bioprospect potential of gasteroid mushrooms of the genus Astraeus15. Chemical Creativity of Termitomyces mushrooms

• ISBN: 978-0-12-821005-5
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 362
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2020
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés