1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785956303321

Autore

Jones E. B. Gareth (Evan Benjamin Gareth), <1937->

Titolo

Marine fungi and fungal-like organisms [[electronic resource] /] / edited by E.B. Gareth Jones and Ka-Lai Pang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : De Gruyter, c2012

ISBN

9786613940216

1-283-62776-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (548 p.)

Collana

Marine and Freshwater Botany

Marine and freshwater botany

Classificazione

WL 4365

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesE. B. Gareth <1937-> (Evan Benjamin Gareth)

PangKa-lai

Disciplina

579/.1

Soggetti

Marine fungi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Dedication -- Preface -- List of contributing authors -- Contents -- 1 Introduction Marine fungi / Jones, E.B. Gareth / Pang, Ka-Lai -- Phylogeny of marine fungi -- 2 Phylogeny of the Dothideomycetes and other classes of marine Ascomycota / Jones, E.B. Gareth / Hyde, Kevin D. / Pang, Ka-Lai / Suetrong, Satinee -- 3 Phylogeny of the marine Sordariomycetes / Pang, Ka-Lai -- 4 Basidiomycota / Jones, E.B. Gareth / Fell, Jack W. -- 5 Taxonomy of filamentous anamorphic marine fungi: morphology and molecular evidence / Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A. / Bahkali, Ali H.A. -- 6 Yeasts in marine environments / Fell, Jack W. -- 7 Zoosporic true fungi / Gleason, Frank H. / Küpper, Frithjof C. / Glockling, Sally L. -- 8 Morphology and ultrastructure of marine fungi with special reference to the origin of the membrane complex in the marine ascomycete Corollospora gracilis / Hsieh, Sung-Yuan / Jones, E.B. Gareth -- Phylogeny of fungal-like organisms -- 9 An introduction to fungus-like microorganisms / Neuhauser, Sigrid / Glockling, Sally L. / Leaño, Eduardo M. / Lilje, Osu / Marano, Agostina V. / Gleason, Frank H. -- 10 Cryptomycota (Rozellida) and Mesomycetozoea (Ichthyosporea) the Super-group Opisthokonta / Glockling, Sally L. / Jones, Meredith D.M. / Gleason, Frank H. -- 11 Hyphochytriomycota, Oomycota and Perkinsozoa (Super-group Chromalveolata ) / Marano, Agostina V. /



Pires-Zottarelli, Carmen L.A. / Souza, José I. de / Glockling, Sally L. / Leaño, Eduardo / Gachon, Claire M.M. / Strittmatter, Martina / Gleason, Frank H. -- 12 Labyrinthulomycota / Leaño, Eduardo M. / Damare, Varada -- 13 Phytomyxea (Super-group Rhizaria) / Neuhauser, Sigrid / Gleason, Frank H. / Kirchmair, Martin -- Biodiversity of marine fungi -- 14 Mangrove fungi / Sridhar, Kandikere R. / Alias, S. Aisyah / Pang, Ka-Lai -- 15 Biodiversity of fungi on the palm Nypa fruticans / Loilong, Apilux / Sakayaroj, Jariya / Rungjindamai, Nattawut / Choeyklin, Rattaket / Jones, E.B. Gareth -- 16 Diversity of endophytic and marine-derived fungi associated with marine plants and animals / Sakayaroj, Jariya / Preedanon, Sita / Phongpaichit, Souwalak / Buatong, Jirayu / Chaowalit, Prapaipit / Rukachaisirikul, Vatcharin -- 17 Fungi from marine algae / Jones, E.B. Gareth / Pang, Ka-Lai / Stanley, Susan J. -- 18 Salt marsh fungi / Calado, Maria da Luz / Barata, Margarida -- 19 Diversity and ecology of marine-derived fungi / Singh, Purnima / Wang, Xin / Leng, Keming / Wang, Guangyi -- Application of marine fungi -- 20 Natural products from marine-derived fungi / Ebel, Rainer -- 21 Enzymes from marine fungi: current research and future prospects / Velmurugan, Natarajan / Lee, Yang Soo -- 22 Decomposition of materials in the sea / Sridhar, Kandikere R. -- 23 Culture collections and maintenance of marine fungi / Nakagiri, Akira -- 24 Epilogue: importance and impact of marine mycology and fungal-like organisms: challenges for the future / Pang, Ka-Lai / Jones, E.B. Gareth -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Marine fungi play a major role in marine and mangrove ecosystems. Understanding how higher fungi with their spectrum of cellulolytic and ligninolytic enzymes degrade wood tissue, while labyrinthuloids and thraustochytrids further contribute to the dissolved organic matter entering the open ocean is essential to marine ecology. This work provides an overview of marine fungi including morphology and ultrastructure, phylogeny, biogeography and biodiversity. Increasingly, biotechnology is also turning to these organisms to develop new bioactive compounds and to address problems such as decomposition of materials in the ocean and bioremediation of oil spills. These potential applications of marine fungi are also treated. In the light of massive marine oil spills in the past years, the importance of understanding marine fungi and their role in the food chain cannot be underestimated.