Ebook: Frontiers in Industrial Mycology

Frontiers of Industrial Mycology describes the present efforts underway to create a broad range of large-scale applications using filamentous fungi. Important and environmentally sound applications currently being developed include the use of fungi for novel *B-lactams in antibiotic production, biobleaching and the bioconversion of wood pulp, agricultural biotechnology for creating biological insecticides and herbicides, food fermentations, and the commercial raising of shiitake mushrooms, a growing and largely untapped market in North America. The topics discussed in this volume are on the cutting edge of industrial mycology. This book will thus benefit a wide range of professionals and academics in biotechnology, mycology, microbiology, plant science, entomology, and biochemistry.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Production of Specialty Mushrooms in North America: Shiitake and Morels....Pages 1-23
Food Fermentations: Mucorales in Ragi and Related Products....Pages 24-39
Genetic Manipulation of the ?-lactam Antibiotic Biosynthetic Pathway....Pages 40-53
New Antibiotics: Antifungals from Aspergillus ....Pages 54-65
Heterologous Protein Expression in Filamentous Fungi....Pages 66-77
Application of Specific Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in World Forestry....Pages 78-98
Use of Fungi in Pulping Wood: An Overview of Biopulping Research....Pages 99-111
Biological Bleaching of Kraft Paper Pulp....Pages 112-126
White Rot Fungi in the Treatment of Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes....Pages 127-143
Entomopathogenic Fungi as Bioinsecticides....Pages 144-159
Role of Production Technology in Mycoinsecticide Development....Pages 160-173
Principles in the Development of Biological Control Systems Employing Trichoderma Species Against Soil-Borne Plant Pathogenic Fungi....Pages 174-195
Bioherbicides....Pages 196-211
Back Matter....Pages 213-222

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Production of Specialty Mushrooms in North America: Shiitake and Morels....Pages 1-23
Food Fermentations: Mucorales in Ragi and Related Products....Pages 24-39
Genetic Manipulation of the ?-lactam Antibiotic Biosynthetic Pathway....Pages 40-53
New Antibiotics: Antifungals from Aspergillus ....Pages 54-65
Heterologous Protein Expression in Filamentous Fungi....Pages 66-77
Application of Specific Ectomycorrhizal Fungi in World Forestry....Pages 78-98
Use of Fungi in Pulping Wood: An Overview of Biopulping Research....Pages 99-111
Biological Bleaching of Kraft Paper Pulp....Pages 112-126
White Rot Fungi in the Treatment of Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes....Pages 127-143
Entomopathogenic Fungi as Bioinsecticides....Pages 144-159
Role of Production Technology in Mycoinsecticide Development....Pages 160-173
Principles in the Development of Biological Control Systems Employing Trichoderma Species Against Soil-Borne Plant Pathogenic Fungi....Pages 174-195
Bioherbicides....Pages 196-211
Back Matter....Pages 213-222
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