Overview
- Fills a knowledge gap by presenting new information on the endophytic fungi present in different Neotropical biomes
- Includes a comprehensive overview of the diversity, ecology, and biotechnological applications of Neotropical endophytic fungi
- Focuses on an important and little-known global fungal community not explored in previous books
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This pioneering book focuses on Neotropical endophytic fungi, providing a comprehensive overview of their diversity, ecology, and biotechnological applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry. Despite their rich diversity, the endophytic fungi associated with plants of Central and South American biomes remain largely unknown. The book addresses that knowledge gap by offering insights into Neotropic endophytic fungal community.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Professor Luiz Henrique Rosa works at the Department of Microbiology at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He holds an MSc and PhD at Microbiology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil and completed a sabbatical at the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA-ARS) in USA. Since 2005, his work has focused on the taxonomy of fungi and bioprospecting of their bioactive natural products.
He has been the principal investigator for various research projects on taxonomy, diversity, ecology, and bioprospecting of endophytic fungi associated with plants living in ecosystems such as Brazilian savannah, Amazonian rainforest, Atlantic rainforest, Pantanal wetland, and Brazilian rupestrian grasslands. As a result of these research activities, several endophytic fungi were obtained and deposited in the Collection of Microorganisms and Cells of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, for the ex situ preservation of Brazilian fungal biodiversity; perhaps one of the major endophytic fungal collection of the world. Many of these fungi have been shown to be capable of producing bioactive metabolites that can be used against neglected tropical diseases and as agrochemical pesticides less toxic to mammals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Neotropical Endophytic Fungi
Book Subtitle: Diversity, Ecology, and Biotechnological Applications
Editors: Luiz Henrique Rosa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53506-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53505-6Published: 15 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-53508-7Published: 16 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-53506-3Published: 14 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 395
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mycology, Biodiversity, Microbial Ecology, Applied Microbiology