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Fungal Biomolecules : Sources, Applications and Recent Developments.
Fungi have an integral role to play in the development of the biotechnology and biomedical sectors. The fields of chemical engineering, Agri-food, Biochemical, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and medical device development allemploy fungal products, with fungal biomolecules currently used in a wide ran...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Section 1 Fungi as cell factories; Chapter 1 Fungal biofilms: An overview; 1.1 Biofilm: Definition and basic concepts; 1.2 Fungi and fungal biofilms; References; Chapter 2 Fungal biomolecules for the food industry; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Enzymes; 2.3 Citric acid and other organics; 2.4 Exopolysaccharides; 2.5 Flavours and aromas; 2.6 Engineering of biomolecules; 2.7 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 3 Fungal biocatalysts in the textile industry: Whole-cell systems in real textile wastewater treatment.
- 3.1 Introduction3.2 Fungal degradation in axenic conditions; 3.3 Real textile wastewaters; 3.4 Scale-up to large-volume reactors; 3.5 Immobilization of fungal biomass; 3.6 Fungal treatment integration in existing WWTPs; 3.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 4 Discovery of fungal enzymes and pathways; 4.1 Applications of fungal enzymes; 4.2 Importance of elucidating fungal biosynthetic pathways; 4.3 Modern bioprospecting; 4.4 Outlook; References; Chapter 5 Fungal laccase in the textile industry; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Fungal laccases.
- 5.3 Potential applications of fungal laccases in the textile industry5.4 Major hurdles to further development from laboratory trials; References; Section 2 Production of recombinant peptides; Chapter 6 Lignocellulose-degrading enzymes: An overview of the global market; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The global market for industrial enzymes; 6.3 Lignocellulose-degrading enzymes; 6.4 The biorefinery concept for lignocellulose-degrading enzymes; 6.5 Final remarks; References; Chapter 7 Recent advancements in the role of volatile organic compounds from fungi; 7.1 Definition and classification of VOCs.
- 7.2 Chemotaxonomy of fungal VOCs7.3 Role of VOCs in fungal growth and development; 7.4 Fungal VOCs in microbial interactions; 7.5 VOCs in fungal-plant interactions; 7.6 Fungal VOCs in multitrophic interactions; 7.7 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8 Peptaibiotics and peptaibols from fungi; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Alamethicin, the most extensively studied peptaibol; 8.3 Nomenclature and classification of peptaibols and peptaibiotics; 8.4 Fungi producing peptaibiotics; 8.5 Non-ribosomal biosynthesis of peptaibiotics; 8.6 Regulation of biosynthesis of peptaibiotics.
- 8.7 Properties and biological activities of peptaibiotics8.8 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Section 3 Fungal secondary metabolites and synthesis; Chapter 9 Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by fungi; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Synthesis of silver NPs; 9.3 Physicochemical characterization of silver NPs; 9.4 Conclusions; References; Chapter 10 Fungal biomolecules as modulators of growth and pathogenesis; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Fungal biomolecules: Various potential applications and need for identification of novel bioactive molecules using innovative strategies.