About this book
This contributory volume is a comprehensive account of recent research on extremophilic fungi. It brings to the reader the latest information on all categories of extremophilic fungi, their isolation, culture, and potential applications. The book aims to provide the audience with in-depth and updated theoretical concepts and applications in the field. It will serve as supplementary reading material in addition to basic mycology textbooks. The book fills the gap in the literature and will be useful to postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of mycology, agriculture, biotechnology and microbiology.
Contents
A. Basic information
Chapter 1. Isolation, culture and maintenance of extremophilic fungi
Chapter 2. Modern tools for the identification of fungi including yeasts
B. Eco-physiology
Chapter 3. Major habitats and diversity of thermophilic fungi
Chapter 4. Thermophilic Fungi: Habitats and morpho-molecular adaptation
Chapter 5. Modulation of physiological and molecular switches in thermophilic fungi-a brief outlook
Chapter 6. Psychrotrophic microfungi: Major habitats, diversity and living strategies
Chapter 7. Physiology and molecular biology of psychrotrophic fungi: an insight
Chapter 8. Ecology, physiology and diversity of peizophilic fungi
Chapter 9. Halophilic, acidophilic, alkaliphilic, metallophilic and radioresistant: Habitats and their living strategies
Chapter 10. Ecology and diversity of microaerophilic fungi including endophytes
Chapter 11. Soil fungi and hypoxic soils and aquatic sediments
Chapter 12. Chaotolerant fungi: An unexplored group of extremophile
Chapter 13. Xerophilic fungi: Physiology, Genetics and Biotechnology
C. Applications
Chapter 14. Extremophilic enzymes: catalytic features and industrial applications
Chapter 15. Biotechnological application of extremophilic fungi
Chapter 16. Extremophylic cellulases: Screening, purification, catalysis and applications
Chapter 17. Extremophilic fungal xylanases: Screening, purification, assay and applications
Chapter 18. Extremophilic fungal lipases: Screening, purification, assay and applications
Chapter 19. Extremophilic fungal proteases: Screening, purification, assay and applications
Chapter 20. Extremophilic fungal amylases: Screening, purification, assay and applications*
Chapter 21. Extremophilic fungi as source of bioactive molecules
Chapter 22. Piezophilic Fungi: Source of novel natural products with preclinical and clinical significance
Chapter 23. Biotechnological applications of microaerophilic including endophytic fungi
Chapter 24. Whole cell application potential of extremophilic fungi in bioremediation
Chapter 25. Extremophilic fungi: Potential applications in sustainable agriculture
Chapter 26. Nanomolecules: Synthesis by extremophilic fungi, related techniques and applications
Chapter 27. Fungal extremozymes: A potential bioresource for green chemistry
Chapter 28. Fungal extremozymes in green chemistry
Chapter 29. Phylogenomics, Microbiome, and Morphological insights of extremophilic Truffles: The tale of a sensory stimulating ectomycorrhizal filamentous fungus
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Biography
Dr Sanjay Sahay, Professor of Botany, is currently serving Sarojini Naidu Government Girl's Postgraduate College, Bhopal (India). He obtained his PhD in fungal genetics (Patna University, Patna, India), and post-doctoral research experience in yeast molecular biology (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India). He has teaching experience of 27 years, guided 18 PhD students, published more than 30 research papers, contributed 3 book chapters and filed two patent applications in lignocellulosic ethanol one of which has been awarded. His areas of research include psychrophilic fungi, cold-active enzymes and lignocellulosic ethanol. He has been awarded a Biotechnology National Associateship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and a Research Award by the University Grants Commission, India.
