Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiv

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2. Bioprospecting for Biomolecules from Different Fungal Communities: An Introduction

   • Fatma Ahmed Abo Nouh, Sara Atef Gezaf, Hebatallah H. Abo Nahas, Yousef H. Abo Nahas, Celia Vargas-De-La-Cruz, Richard A. Solorzano Acosta et al.

   Pages 1-71

3. Fungi as a Gold Mine of Antioxidants

   • Hebatallah H. Abo Nahas, Amira Mohamed Galal Darwish, Yousef H. Abo Nahas, Mervet. A. Elsayed, Mohamed A. Abdel-Azeem, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem

   Pages 73-113

4. Endophytic Fungi as a Source of New Pharmaceutical Biomolecules

   • Mohamed A. Abdel-Azeem, Yousra A. El-Maradny, Abdelrahman M. Othman, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem

   Pages 115-151

5. Fungal Communities from Different Habitats for Tannins in Industry

   • Sara Atef Gezaf, Fatma Ahmed Abo Nouh, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem

   Pages 153-176

6. Recent Advances in Fungal Antimicrobial Molecules

   • Fatma Ahmed Abo Nouh, Sara Atef Gezaf, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem

   Pages 177-203

7. Fungal Laccases to Where and Where?

   • Hebatallah H. Abo Nahas, Safaa A. Mansour, Fatma Ahmed Abo Nouh, Daniela Landa-Acuña, Yousef H. Abo Nahas, Miguel Angel Nieto-Taype et al.

   Pages 205-262

8. Fungal Cellulases: Current Research and Future Challenges

   • Soumya Ghosh, Liliana Godoy, Kenneth Yongabi Anchang, Conrad C. Achilonu, Marieka Gryzenhout

   Pages 263-298

9. Fungal Secondary Metabolites: Current Research, Commercial Aspects, and Applications

   • Marwa Tamim A. Abdel-Wareth

   Pages 299-346

10. Bioprospecting of Thermophilic Fungal Enzymes and Potential Applications

    • Bassem A. Balbool, Fatma Ahmed Abo Nouh, Sara Atef Gezaf, Akram H. Mohamed, Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem

    Pages 347-375

11. Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Psychrophilic Fungi and Their Industrial Importance

    • Chanda Vikrant Berde, Asha Giriyan, Vikrant Balkrishna Berde

    Pages 377-405

12. Fungal Amylases and Their Industrial Applications

    • Anirudh G. Patil, Kounaina Khan, S. Aishwarya, Subrahmanya Padyana, Ravish Huchegowda, Kakarla Raghava Reddy et al.

    Pages 407-434

13. Fungal Phytases: Current Research and Applications in Food Industry

    • Parsa Mahmood Dar

    Pages 435-459

14. Fungal Lipases: Insights into Molecular Structures and Biotechnological Applications in Medicine and Dairy Industry

    • Amira Mohamed Galal Darwish, Hebatallah H. Abo Nahas, Yasmin H. Korra, Alaa A. Osman, Wedad M. El-Kholy, Maria Reyes-Córdova et al.

    Pages 461-514

15. Fungal Xylanases for Different Industrial Applications

    • Farial Mehmood Dar, Parsa Mahmood Dar

    Pages 515-539

16. Fungal Pigments for Food Industry

    • Tarek Nour Soliman, Marwa I. Wahba, Ahmed Noah Badr

    Pages 541-561

17. Fungal Production of Vitamins and Their Food Industrial Applications

    • Praveen Kumar Dikkala, Zeba Usmani, Shiv Kumar, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Atul Bhargava, Minaxi Sharma

    Pages 563-596

18. Nutraceutical Potential of Wild Edible Mushroom Hygrocybe alwisii

    • Bijavara Ramakrishnappa Jagadish, Kandikere Ramaiah Sridhar, Hosamane Ramesh Dattaraj, Nagabhushana Chandramohana, Shivannegowda Mahadevakumar

    Pages 597-615

19. Fungal Biopharmaceuticals: Current Research, Production, and Potential Applications

    • Amir Hosein Askari Pour, Fatemeh Rahmani, Masoomeh Shams-Ghahfarokhi, Mohammadhassan Gholami-Shabani, Fatemehsadat Jamzivar, Mehdi Razzaghi-Abyaneh

    Pages 617-649

20. Natural Pigments from Filamentous Fungi: Production and Applications

    • Ganapathy Ashok, Utpal Mohan, Meganathan Boominathan, Velayutham Ravichandiran, Chandran Viswanathan, Venugopal Senthilkumar

    Pages 651-678

Fungi are an essential, fascinating and biotechnologically useful group of organisms with an incredible biotechnological potential for industrial exploitation. Knowledge of the world’s fungal diversity and its use is still incomplete and fragmented. There are many opportunities to accelerate the process of filling knowledge gaps in these areas. The worldwide interest of the current era is to increase the tendency to use natural substances instead of synthetic ones. The increasing urge in society for natural ingredients has compelled biotechnologists to explore novel bioresources which can be exploited in industrial sector. Fungi, due to their unique attributes and broad range of their biological activities hold great promises for their application in biotechnology and industry. Fungi are an efficient source of antioxidants, enzymes, pigments, and many other secondary metabolites. The large scale production of fungal pigments and their utility provides natural coloration without creating harmful effects on entering the environment, a safer alternative use to synthetic colorants. The fungal enzymes can be exploited in wide range of industries such as food, detergent, paper, and also for removal toxic waste. This book will serve as valuable source of information as well as will provide new directions to researchers to conduct novel research in field of mycology.


Volume 2 of “Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development” provides an overview to understanding bioprospecting of fungal biomolecules and their industrial application for future sustainability. It encompasses current advanced knowledge of fungal communities and their potential biotechnological applications in industry and allied sectors. The book will be useful to scientists, researchers, and students of microbiology, biotechnology, agriculture, molecular biology, and environmental biology.

• Fungal Biology
• Industrial Applications
• Sustainable Development
• Biotechnology
• Fungal Diversity
• Biomedicine
• Metabolites

• Botany and Microbiology Department, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

  Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem

• Department of Biotechnology, Eternal University, Sirmour, India

  Ajar Nath Yadav

• Gopi Nath PG College, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Ghazipur, India

  Neelam Yadav

• Senior Research Scientist, ERA Chair-VALORTECH, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi, Tartu, Estonia

  Minaxi Sharma

Ahmed M. Abdel-Azeem is currently working as an academic staff member for the Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, and as a mycologist with a particular interest in the ecology, taxonomy, biology, and conservation of fungi, especially on the members of the phylum Ascomycota. His research includes isolation, identification, and taxonomic assessments of these fungi with particular emphasis on those which produce bioactive materials from different ecological habitats. He is the editor in chief of Microbial Biosystems Journal (MBJ) and a reviewer of more than seven international journals. He has published more than 75 research paper journals, 40 book chapters in the books published by international publishers, and 9 books.

Ajar Nath Yadav is a Dean Postgraduate Studies (Officiating) & Assistant Controller of Examinations at Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh, India. He has 8 years of teaching experience asan Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) and 12 years of research experiences in the field of Microbial Biotechnology, Microbial Diversity, and Plant-Microbe-Interactions. Dr. Yadav has 251 publications, with ah-index of 56, i10-index of 152, and 9100 citations (Google Scholar- on 07/07/2020). Dr. Yadav is editor of 21 Springer-Nature, 05 CRC Press Taylor & Francis, 03 Elsevier, and 1 Wiley-Blackwell book. Dr. Yadav is Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology and Editor/Associate Editor for Annals of Microbiology (Springer-Nature), BMC Microbiology (Springer-Nature), and Current Microbiology (Springer-Nature). He has lifetime membership of the Association of Microbiologists in India, and Indian Science Congress Council, India.

Neelam Yadav is currently working on microbial diversity from diverse sources and their biotechnological applications in agriculture and allied sectors. She obtained her post-graduation degree from Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Uttar Pradesh, India. In her credit 79 publications in different reputed international, national journals and publishers with h-index 31, i10-index 52, and 2559 citations (Google Scholar- on 07/07/2020). She is the editors of 03 books in Elsevier, 05 in CRC Press, Taylor & Francis and 11 in Springer Nature. She is editor/associate editor/reviewer of different international and national journals. She has the lifetime membership of the Association of Microbiologists in India, Indian Science Congress Council, India, and National Academy of Sciences, India.

Minaxi Sharma is currently working as Senior Research Scientist at ERA Chair VALORTECH, Estonian University of Life Sciences (EMU), Tartu, Estonia. Her research at EMU is focused on the processing technologies of various food raw materials/products to produce bioactive components; development of advanced technologies for increasing nutritional value of various food products, including different encapsulation methods, technologies improving final product texture, sensory properties and nutritive value, and ensuring stability of these ingredients during manufacturing etc. Dr. Sharma has 11 years of extensive teaching and research experience in the area of applications of antimicrobial nanoencapsulation of plant essential oils in dairy foods, probiotic-Indian dairy products, development of functional foods using micro/nano-colloidal delivery systems of potential plant bioactive components and food waste valorization for the extraction of valuable plant-bioactive nutrients. She has published 38 research/review papers in reputed Journals, 8 book chapters in the books published by international publishers, and 1 book in Springer Nature. She has a few upcoming books in the current year with reputed publishing houses of CRC Press, Wiley and Springer. 

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