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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797815203321

Titolo

The fungi / / edited Sarah C. Watkinson, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Lynne Boddy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, Nicholas P. Money, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, MA : , : Academic Press, , [2016]

�2016

ISBN

0-12-382035-9

0-12-382034-0

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 449 pages, 27 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

589.2

Soggetti

Fungi

Fungal molecular biology

Fungi - Biotechnology

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 at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Fungal diversity / Nicholas P. Money -- 2. Fungal cell biology and development / Nicholas P. Money -- 3. Spore production, discharge, and dispersal / Nicholas P. Money -- 4. Genetics - variation, sexuality, and evolution / Lynne Boddy -- 5. Physiology and adaptation / Sarah C. Watkinson -- 6. Molecular ecology / Sarah C. Watkinson -- 7. Mutualistic symbiosis between fungi and autotrophs / Sarah C. Watkinson -- 8. Pathogens of autotrophs / Lynne Boddy -- 9. Interactions with humans and other animals / Lynne Boddy -- 10. Interactions between fungi and other microbes / Lynne Boddy -- 11. Fungi, ecosystems, and global change / Lynne Boddy -- 12. Fungi and biotechnology / Nicholas P. Money.

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains information on the biology, organization, function and interactions of fungi.