Grand Challenges in Fungal Biotechnology (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Nevalainen, Helena

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Reviews recent developments in molecular technologies to harness the full potential of fungal resources

Explores the economic potential of fungal biotechnology

Introduces projects and consortia advancing fungal biotechnology

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 535
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030295417
• Artikelnr.: 58533872

Autorenporträt

Professor Helena Nevalainen is one of the pioneers in Fungal Biotechnology and has published widely on the topic. She has worked both in industry and academia in Finland and Australia, which has provided her a unique view of Fungal Biotechnology and challenges in the field globally. She has extensive experience from a number of Biotechnology Program steering committees and as an expert consultant to industry. She is currently Professor of Biotechnology at Macquarie University in Australia where she has acted as Director of Masters in Biotechnology Program and graduated several postgraduate students who have since moved on to leading positions nationally and internationally. She has active collaborations with several distinguished scientists and has also acted as an editor and guest editor in Fungal Biotechnology book series and specialist journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Fungal Biotechnology and the Global Challenges.- Chapter 1: Fungal Biotechnology: Unlocking the Full Potential of Fungi for a More Sustainable World.- Chapter 2: Fungal Attack on Environmental Pollutants Representing Poor Microbial Growth Substrates.- Chapter 3: The Biotechnology of Quorn Mycoprotein: Past, Present and Future Challenges.- Chapter 4: The Current Biotechnological Status and Potential of Plant and Algal Biomass Degrading/Modifying Enzymes from Ascomycete Fungi.- Part 2: Developments in Key Enabling Technologies.- Chapter 5: Genetic Transformation of Filamentous Fungi: Achievements and Challenges.- Chapter 6: Bottlenecks and Future Outlooks for High-Throughput Technologies for Filamentous Fungi.- Chapter 7: Strategies and Challenges for the Development of Industrial Enzymes Using Fungal Cell Factories.- Chapter 8: Meeting a Challenge: A View on Studying Transcriptional Control of Genes Involved Plant Biomass Degradation in Aspergillus niger.- Part 3: Towards Bioeconomy-Potential of Fungal Biotechnology.- Chapter 9: The Economic Potential of ArbuscularFungal Biotechnology in Agriculture.- Chapter 10: Molecular and Genetic Strategies for Enhanced Production of Heterologous LignocellulosicEnzymes.- Part 4: Branching Out - Emerging Opportunities.- Chapter 11: Horizontal Gene Transfer in Fungi.- Chapter 12: Spotlight on Class I Hydrophobins: Their IntriguingBiochemical Properties and Industrial Prospects.- Chapter 13: An Aroma Odyssey: The Promise of Volatile Fungal Metabolites in Biotechnology.- Chapter 14: Fungal Peroxygenases: A Phylogenetically Old Superfamily of Heme Enzymes with Promiscuity for Oxygen Transfer Reactions.- Chapter 15: Progress and Research Needs of Plant Biomass Degradation by Basidiomycete Fungi.- Chapter 16: Organic Acids in the TCA Cycle: The Building Blocks of the Future.- Chapter 17: Opportunities for New Generation Ganodermaboninense Biotechnology.- Chapter 18: Fungal Biotechnology in Space: Why and How?.