The fungi are a highly diverse kingdom of eukaryotic microbes. Recent advances in molecular genetics, together with the release of whole genome sequences of an increasing number of fungi, are facilitating their exploitation and commercialisation. Fungi have the ability to secrete large quantities of proteins of commercial value, and their complex secondary metabolic pathways produce a diverse range of bioactive compounds which have had a major impact in the pharmaceuticals market. In addition, the fungi themselves are increasingly being developed as alternatives to conventional chemically-based pest control strategies, and as bioremediation agents capable of transforming pollutants in the soil environment. With chapters written by international experts, this volume highlights current and future biological, biochemical, and molecular exploitation of the fungi in biotechnology. It will have broad appeal, not only to mycologists and microbiologists, but also to biomedical scientists, biotechnologists, environmental and molecular scientists, plant pathologists and geneticists.

Highlights current and future biological, biochemical, and molecular exploitation of the fungi in biotechnology.

About the Author
Geoff Robson is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Manchester. Pieter van West is a Senior Lecturer and a Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. Geoff Gadd is Professor of Microbiology and Deputy Research Director in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee, and Head of the University's Division of Environmental and Applied Biology.

Reviews
'... this will be a useful addition to college and university libraries where applied mycology is taught.' Mycological Research



Book Information
ISBN 9780521859356
Author G. D. Robson
Format Hardback
Page Count 350
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 704g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 23mm