Overview
- A completely updated third edition
- Provides new insights into biochemical and developmental aspects of the fungal cell
- Covers the two most important divisions of fungi: ascomycetes and basidiomycetes
Part of the book series: The Mycota (MYCOTA, volume 8)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Signals and Development
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume provides a detailed look at various biochemical and developmental aspects of fungal cell biology, and offers extensive information on model organisms of filamentous fungi, such as Aspergillus, and yeasts, such as Saccharomyces, while also highlighting molecular differences between ascomycetes and basidiomycetes.
The book’s seven chapters, prepared by experts in the fields of mycology, have been grouped into two closely connected sections: “Fungal Cell Growth” and “Signals and Development”. The first section addresses bio-molecular mechanisms of fungal cell division and polarized cell growth, with a special emphasis on cell-cell connections, cell wall synthesis, and directed protein transport. In turn, the second section describes the intra- and extracellular signals that set off biochemical and conformational changes of cell type during development. Here, the authors focus on the molecular signalling pathways, including their impact on plant-fungusinteractions, referred to as ectomycorrhizal symbiosis.
Given its scope, the book offers a valuable guide for all microbiologists, geneticists, cell biologists, biochemists and plant biologists, as well as advanced students of biology, who share an interest in the field of mycology.Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Friedrich‐Schiller‐Universität, Pharmazeutische Mikrobiologie, Winzerlaer Straße 2,
07745 Jena, Germany
e-mail: Dirk.Hoffmeister@hki-jena.de
Markus Gressler
Leibniz Institut für Naturstoff‐Forschung und Infektionsbiologie, Hans‐Knöll‐Institut,
Adolf‐Reichwein‐Straße 23, 07745 Jena, Germany
e-mail: Markus.Gressler@hki-jena.de
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biology of the Fungal Cell
Editors: Dirk Hoffmeister, Markus Gressler
Series Title: The Mycota
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05448-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-05446-5Published: 19 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-05448-9Published: 05 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2945-8048
Series E-ISSN: 2945-8056
Edition Number: 3
Number of Pages: XVI, 128
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mycology, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Microbial Ecology