Grand Challenges in Fungal Biotechnology
The 21st century is characterized by a number of critical challenges in terms of human health, developing a sustainable bioeconomy, facilitating agricultural production, and establishing practices that support a cleaner environment. While there are chemical solutions to some of these challenges, dev...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2020, 2020
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2020 |
| Series: | Grand Challenges in Biology and Biotechnology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Fungal Biotechnology and the Global Challenges
- Chapter 1: Fungal Biotechnology: Unlocking the Full Potential of Fungi for a More Sustainable World
- Chapter 2: Fungal Attack on Environmental Pollutants Representing Poor Microbial Growth Substrates
- Chapter 3: The Biotechnology of Quorn Mycoprotein: Past, Present and Future Challenges
- Chapter 4: The Current Biotechnological Status and Potential of Plant and Algal Biomass Degrading/Modifying Enzymes from Ascomycete Fungi
- Part 2: Developments in Key Enabling Technologies
- Chapter 5: Genetic Transformation of Filamentous Fungi: Achievements and Challenges
- Chapter 6: Bottlenecks and Future Outlooks for High-Throughput Technologies for Filamentous Fungi
- Chapter 7: Strategies and Challenges for the Development of Industrial Enzymes Using Fungal Cell Factories
- Chapter 8: Meeting a Challenge: A View on Studying Transcriptional Control of Genes Involved Plant Biomass Degradation in Aspergillus niger
- Part 3: Towards Bioeconomy–Potential of Fungal Biotechnology
- Chapter 9: The Economic Potential of ArbuscularFungal Biotechnology in Agriculture
- Chapter 10: Molecular and Genetic Strategies for Enhanced Production of Heterologous LignocellulosicEnzymes
- Part 4: Branching Out – Emerging Opportunities
- Chapter 11: Horizontal Gene Transfer in Fungi
- Chapter 12: Spotlight on Class I Hydrophobins: Their IntriguingBiochemical Properties and Industrial Prospects
- Chapter 13: An Aroma Odyssey: The Promise of Volatile Fungal Metabolites in Biotechnology
- Chapter 14: Fungal Peroxygenases: A Phylogenetically Old Superfamily of Heme Enzymes with Promiscuity for Oxygen Transfer Reactions
- Chapter 15: Progress and Research Needs of Plant Biomass Degradation by Basidiomycete Fungi
- Chapter 16: Organic Acids in the TCA Cycle: The Building Blocks of the Future
- Chapter 17: Opportunities for New Generation Ganodermaboninense Biotechnology
- Chapter 18: Fungal Biotechnology in Space: Why and How?.