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Extracellular glycolipids of yeasts : biodiversity, biochemistry, and prospects /
Extracellular Glycolipids of Yeasts: Biodiversity, Biochemistry, and Prospects provides a comprehensive view of the biochemistry, biological activity, and practical application of extracellular glycolipids of yeast. This book brings much-needed clarity to the complex topic of glycolipids and streaml...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Academic Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Extracellular Glycolipids of Yeasts; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Structure and Occurrence of Yeast Extracellular Glycolipids; 1.1 The Structures of Extracellular Glycolipids of Yeast; 1.1.1 Cellobiose Lipids; 1.1.2 Mannosylerythritol Lipids; 1.1.3 Sophorolipids; 1.2 Glycolipid Occurrence in Eumycetes; 2 Methods for Studying Yeast Extracellular Glycolipids; 2.1 Culture Media and Methods for Increasing the Yield of Yeast Extracellular Glycolipids; 2.1.1 Cellobiose Lipids; 2.1.2 Mannosylerythritol Lipid; 2.1.3 Sophorolipids.
- 2.1.4 Yeast Glycolipid Production in Low-Cost Media2.2 Purification Methods; 2.3 Thin-Layer Chromatography Systems for Glycolipid Detection; 2.4 Chemical Methods; 2.5 NMR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry; 2.6 Methods for Studying Physicochemical Properties and Antifungal and Membrane-Damaging Activities; 2.7 Molecular Biology Methods; 3 Physicochemical Properties of Yeast Extracellular Glycolipids; 3.1 Solubility; 3.2 Stability During Storage and thermal Stability; 3.3 Molecular Masses; 3.4 Surface-Active Properties; 3.5 Lactonization and Self-Assembly.
- 3.6 Interaction Between Cellobiose Lipids and Artificial Membranes4 Biological Activities of Extracellular Yeast Glycolipids; 4.1 Antifungal Activity of Cellobiose Lipids; 4.1.1 Discovery of Antifungal Activity of Cellobiose Lipids; 4.1.2 The Spectrum of Cellobiose Lipid Antimicrobial Activity; 4.1.3 Antifungal Activities of Natural Cellobiose Lipids and Their Synthetic Derivatives; 4.2 Membrane-Damaging Activity of Cellobiose Lipids; 4.3 Biological Activities of MELs and Sophorolipids; 4.4 The Biological Activities of Rare Fungal Glycolipids.
- 4.5 The Role of Extracellular Glycolipid for Yeast Producers5 Metabolism of Yeast Extracellular Glycolipids; 5.1 Biosynthesis of Extracellular Glycolipids; 5.1.1 Biosynthesis of MEL; 5.1.2 Biosynthesis of Cellobiose Lipids; 5.1.3 Biosynthesis of Sophorolipids; 5.2 Catabolism of Extracellular Glycolipids; 6 Prospects of Practical Application of Sophorolipids, Cellobiose Lipids, and MELs; 6.1 Application as Membranotropic Agents; 6.2 Prospects of Application of Yeast Extracellular Glycolipids in Industry, Agriculture, and Medicine.
- 6.3 Commercial Products Based on Yeast Extracellular GlycolipidsAppendix: Selected Techniques of Purification and Assay of Extracellular Yeast Glycolipids; A.1 Methods for Cultivating Producers and Obtaining Glycolipids; A.1.1 Cellobiose Lipids of Various Yeast Strains (Kulakovskaya et al., 2004, 2005, 2009); A.1.2 Cellobiose Lipids of Cr. humicola (Morita et al., 2011a); A.1.3 Cellobiose Lipid Flocculosin (Mimee et al., 2009a, b); A.1.4 Sophorolipids of Rh. bogoriensis (Cutler and Light, 1979); A.1.5 Sophorolipids of St. bombicola (Konishi et al., 2008).