Overview
- Editors:
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T. Satyanarayana
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Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi, India
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Gotthard Kunze
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Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Leibniz Institute, Gatersleben, Germany
- The recent developments on diversity, systematics, physiology and metabolism are updated by the experts
- The biotechnological applications of yeasts are covered in greater detail
- Developments in genetic and molecular aspects, genomics and proteomics are reviewed
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Diversity and Biology
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- Devendra K. Choudhary, Bhavdish N. Johri
Pages 19-46
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- Gotthard Kunze, Hyun Ah Kang, Gerd Gellissen
Pages 47-64
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- Monika Aggarwal, Alok K. Mondal
Pages 65-84
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- Andriy A. Sibirny, Andriy Y. Voronovsky
Pages 85-111
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- Andriy A. Sibirny, Yuriy R. Boretsky
Pages 113-134
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- Jyoti Prakash Tamang, Graham H. Fleet
Pages 169-198
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- R. S. Pimenta, P. B. Morais, C. A. Rosa, A. Corrêa Jr.
Pages 199-214
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- Raffaele De Nicola, Graeme Walker
Pages 237-257
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- Anand K. Bachhawat, Dwaipayan Ganguli, Jaspreet Kaur, Neha Kasturia, Anil Thakur, Hardeep Kaur et al.
Pages 259-280
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- Dulce M. Díaz-Montaño, J. de Jesús Ramírez Córdova
Pages 281-305
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- Beatrice Rossi, Enrico Berardi
Pages 307-320
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Genetic and Molecular Insights
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- Saroj Mishra, Richa Baranwal
Pages 323-355
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- Gerhard Steinborn, Gotthard Kunze, Gerd Gellissen
Pages 357-368
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- Sanet Nel, Michel Labuschagne, Jacobus Albertyn
Pages 369-403
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- Nimisha Sharma, Surbhi Mehta
Pages 405-432
About this book
I belie ve that the book would provide an overview of the recent developments in the domain of yeast research with some new ideas, which could serve as an inspiration and challenge for researchers in this field. Ne w Delhi Prof. Asis Datta Dec. 24, 2007 F ormer Vice-chancellor, JNU Director, NCPGR (New Delhi) Pr eface Yeasts are eukaryotic unicellular microfungi that are widely distributed in the natural environments. Although yeasts are not as ubiquitous as bacteria in the na- ral environments, they have been isolated from terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric environments. Yeast communities have been found in association with plants, a- mals and insects. Several species of yeasts have also been isolated from specialized or extreme environments like those with low water potential (e. g. high sugar/salt concentrations), low temperature (e. g. yeasts isolated from Antarctica), and low oxygen availability (e. g. intestinal tracts of animals). Around 1500 species of yeasts belonging to over 100 genera have been described so far. It is estimated that only 1% of the extant yeasts on earth have been described till date. Therefore, global efforts are underway to recover new yeast species from a variety of normal and extreme environments. Yeasts play an important role in food chains, and carbon, nitrogen and sulphur cycles. Yeasts can be genetically manipulated by hybridization, mutation, rare m- ing, cytoduction, spheroplast fusion, single chromosomal transfer and transfor- tion using recombinant technology. Yeasts (e. g.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book updates the knowledge on yeast research and applications accumulated over the last twenty years using the expertise of the various experts in this field. … The editors and authors have produced an excellent up-to date book that will be extremely useful for graduate and post-graduate students, young and senior researchers of life sciences … . should be on the shelves of libraries at universities, research institutes and industry, and is also to be recommended to all those who are interested in life sciences.” (Uta Breuer, Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 5, 2010)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi, India
T. Satyanarayana
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Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Leibniz Institute, Gatersleben, Germany
Gotthard Kunze
