Yeast Biotechnology: Diversity and Applications
Overview
- Editors:
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T. Satyanarayana
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Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi, India
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Gotthard Kunze
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Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Leibniz Institute, Gatersleben, Germany
- The recent developments on diversity, systematics, physiology and metabolism are updated by the experts
- The biotechnological applications of yeasts are covered in greater detail
- Developments in genetic and molecular aspects, genomics and proteomics are reviewed
About this book
I belie ve that the book would provide an overview of the recent developments in the domain of yeast research with some new ideas, which could serve as an inspiration and challenge for researchers in this field. Ne w Delhi Prof. Asis Datta Dec. 24, 2007 F ormer Vice-chancellor, JNU Director, NCPGR (New Delhi) Pr eface Yeasts are eukaryotic unicellular microfungi that are widely distributed in the natural environments. Although yeasts are not as ubiquitous as bacteria in the na- ral environments, they have been isolated from terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric environments. Yeast communities have been found in association with plants, a- mals and insects. Several species of yeasts have also been isolated from specialized or extreme environments like those with low water potential (e. g. high sugar/salt concentrations), low temperature (e. g. yeasts isolated from Antarctica), and low oxygen availability (e. g. intestinal tracts of animals). Around 1500 species of yeasts belonging to over 100 genera have been described so far. It is estimated that only 1% of the extant yeasts on earth have been described till date. Therefore, global efforts are underway to recover new yeast species from a variety of normal and extreme environments. Yeasts play an important role in food chains, and carbon, nitrogen and sulphur cycles. Yeasts can be genetically manipulated by hybridization, mutation, rare m- ing, cytoduction, spheroplast fusion, single chromosomal transfer and transfor- tion using recombinant technology. Yeasts (e. g.
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Table of contents (32 chapters)
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Genetic and Molecular Insights
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- P. J. Chambers, J. R. Bellon, S. A. Schmidt, C. Varela, I. S. Pretorius
Pages 433-457
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- Andrea Matros, Hans-Peter Mock
Pages 459-471
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- Kishore R. Sakharkar, Meena K. Sakharkar
Pages 473-485
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Biotechnology Applications
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- Andreas Rudolf, Kaisa Karhumaa, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal
Pages 489-513
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- L. V. A. Reddy, O. V. S. Reddy, S. C. Basappa
Pages 515-549
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- Chand Pasha, L. Venkateswar Rao
Pages 551-588
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- France Thevenieau, Jean-Marc Nicaud, Claude Gaillardin
Pages 589-613
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- Erik Böer, Gerhard Steinborn, Kristina Florschütz, Martina Körner, Gerd Gellissen, Gotthard Kunze
Pages 615-634
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- N. Doiphode, C. Joshi, V. Ghormade, M.V. Deshpande
Pages 635-650
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- Inge N. A. Van Bogaert, Sofie L. De Maeseneire, Erick J. Vandamme
Pages 651-671
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- Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi, D. Sunil Kumar, Swati S. Dash, Santosh Kumar Sahu
Pages 673-691
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- Parvinder Kaur, T. Satyanarayana
Pages 693-714
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- Tek Chand Bhalla, Monica Sharma, Nitya Nand Sharma
Pages 715-735
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Back Matter
Pages 737-744
Reviews
From the reviews:
“This book updates the knowledge on yeast research and applications accumulated over the last twenty years using the expertise of the various experts in this field. … The editors and authors have produced an excellent up-to date book that will be extremely useful for graduate and post-graduate students, young and senior researchers of life sciences … . should be on the shelves of libraries at universities, research institutes and industry, and is also to be recommended to all those who are interested in life sciences.” (Uta Breuer, Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 5, 2010)
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi, India
T. Satyanarayana
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Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Leibniz Institute, Gatersleben, Germany
Gotthard Kunze