Eukaryotic Microbes presents chapters hand-selected by the editor of the Encyclopedia of Microbiology, updated whenever possible by their original authors to include key developments made since their initial publication. The book provides an overview of the main groups of eukaryotic microbes and presents classic and cutting-edge research on content relating to fungi and protists, including chapters on yeasts, algal blooms, lichens, and intestinal protozoa. This concise and affordable book is an essential reference for students and researchers in microbiology, mycology, immunology, environmental sciences, and biotechnology. Written by recognized authorities in the field Includes all major groups of eukaryotic microbes, including protists, fungi, and microalgae Covers material pertinent to a wide range of students, researchers, and technicians in the field INDICE: PREFACE I. FUNGI Yeasts Aspergillus: A Multifaceted Genus Clavicipitaceae: Free-Living and Saprotrophs to Plant Endophytes Microsporidia: a model for minimal parasite-host interactions Mycorrhizae Endophytic Microbes Lichens Plant Pathogens: Newly Emerging Diseases Fungal and Protist Plant Pathogens Entomogenous fungi Fungal Infections, Systemic Fungal Infections, Cutaneous II. PROTISTS Amitochondriate Protists (Diplomonads, Parabasalids, Oxymonads) Amoebas (Lobose) Ciliates Secretive ciliates and putative asexuality in microbial eukaryotes Coccolithophores Diatoms: The Grass Menagerie Dinoflagellates Dyctiostelium Foraminifera Euglenozoa Protozoan, Intestinal Leishmania Oomycetes (Water Mold) Picoeukaryotes Stramenopiles Toxoplasmosis Trypanosomes Sleeping Sickness Secondary endosymbiosis Algal blooms Food Webs, Microbial
- ISBN: 978-0-12-810366-1
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 496
- Fecha Publicación: 19/08/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés