Yeast Diversity in Human Welfare

This book brings together and updates the latest information on the diversity of yeasts, their molecular features and their applications in the welfare of mankind. Yeasts are eukaryotic microfungi widely found in natural environments, including those with extreme conditions such as low temperatures,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Satyanarayana, Tulasi (Editor), Kunze, Gotthard (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1.Diversity of natural yeast flora of grapes and its role in wine making in India
  • 2. Yeast probiotics
  • 3.Yeast phytases
  • 4.Role of yeasts in food fermentations
  • 5.Yeast expression system: Current practices and future perspectives
  • 6.Biology of Killer yeast and technological implications
  • 7.Yeast genetics as a powerful tool to study human diseases
  • 8.Yeasts and traditional fermented foods and beverages
  • 9. Yeast models for space biology
  • 10. Biofilms of Candida
  • 11. Ecology, diversity and applications of Saccharomyces cerevisiae used in food and beverage fermentations
  • 12. Yeast proteomic applications
  • 13. Applications of Kluyveromyces marxianus in food/biotechnology
  • 14. Yeast as biocatalysts for synthesis of pure entianomeric alcohols, food with reduced purine content and enzymatic degradation of plastic materials
  • 15. Conventional and non-conventional yeasts for the production of biofuels
  • 16. High performance SBR-technology for unsterile fermentation of ethanol and other chemicals
  • 17. Yeast to control aflatoxin production
  • 18. Biotransformation and detoxification of environmental pollutants with aromatic structures by yeasts
  • 19. Development of the thermotolerant methylotrophic yeast Hansenula polymorpha as efficient ethanol producer
  • 20. Gene expression analysis in Arxula adeninivorans: A nested quantitative real time PCR approach