Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Diversity
Editors: Buzzini, Pietro, Lachance, Marc Andre, Yurkov, Andrey (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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, Germany
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Yeasts in Continental and Seawater
Pages 1-61
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Yeasts in Aquatic Ecotone Habitats
Pages 63-85
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Yeasts in Forest Soils
Pages 87-116
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Yeasts in Agricultural and Managed Soils
Pages 117-144
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Yeast in Anthropogenic and Polluted Environments
Pages 145-169
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Yeasts in Natural Ecosystems: Diversity
- Editors
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- Pietro Buzzini
- Marc Andre Lachance
- Andrey Yurkov
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-62683-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-62683-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-62682-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-87370-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 499
- Topics
