Overview
Presents in a single volume the knowledge accumulated in the course of more than 60 years of research on the diversity of yeasts
Provides an overview of the biodiversity of specific groups of extremophilic yeasts (e.g., cold-adapted, oligotrophic, osmophilic, etc.) and their adaptation strategies
Discusses the use of yeasts in biotechnological applications
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book focuses on the diversity of yeasts in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, including the association of yeasts with insects, invertebrate and vertebrate animals. It offers an overview of the knowledge accumulated in the course of more than 60 years of research and is closely connected with the volume Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Ecology by the same editors.
In view of the rapid decline of many natural habitats due to anthropogenic activities and climate change, the need to study biodiversity is pressing. Rising temperatures threaten species inhabiting cold and aquatic environments, and species in terrestrial ecosystems are endangered by habitat fragmentation or loss. Most of our knowledge of intrinsic properties (autoecology) of yeasts reported throughout this book is derived from laboratory experiments with pure cultures. Accordingly, the importance of culture collections for ecological studies is highlighted by presenting an overview of worldwide available yeast strains and their origins. All of the chapters were written by leading international yeast research experts, and will appeal to researchers and advanced students in the field of microbial diversity.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Prof. Dr. Pietro Buzzini, Industrial Yeasts Collection DBVPG, Department of Agricultural, Borgo XX Giugno 74, 06121
Perugia, Italy
Prof. Dr. Marc-André Lachance, University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, 1151 Richmond St, London
N6A 5B7, Canada
Dr. Andrey Yurkov, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ, Inhoffenstr. 7B, 38124 Braunschweig, GermanyBibliographic Information
Book Title: Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Diversity
Editors: Pietro Buzzini, Marc-André Lachance, Andrey Yurkov
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62683-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62682-6Published: 19 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87370-1Published: 18 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62683-3Published: 05 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 499
Topics: Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology