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Marine Fungi

and Fungal-like Organisms

E. B. Gareth Jones, Ka-Lai Pang (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 528 Seiten

2012
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-026398-5 (ISBN)

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In-depth knowledge about aquatic plant species, from their sub-cellular organization to their interactions within ecosystems, is of utmost importance as the world faces the challenges of the 21st century. From losses in biodiversity and changes in aquatic ecosystems to the potential of algal biofuel and artificial photosynthesis, some of the hottest topics of our time rely on basic research in aquatic botany. This new book series covers topics from all of the disciplines of marine and freshwater botany at all levels of biological organization. Primary subject areas are: systematics, floristics, biogeography, ecology, biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, chemistry, industrial processes and utilization, and biotechnology of algae and angiosperms. Mycology and microbiology topics are also part of the scope of the series.

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.

E. B. Gareth Jones, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Pathum Thani, Thailand; Ka-Lai Pang, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan (R.O.C.).

"Overall, this is a masterly overview of the subject, which will be a key reference for decades to come."
In: IMA Fungus, The Global Mycological Journal

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.8.2012
Reihe/Serie	Marine and Freshwater Botany
Zusatzinfo	30 b/w and 20 col. ill.
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 240 mm
Gewicht	1162 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mykologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
Schlagworte	Botanik • Botany • Botany; Marine Science; Microbiology; Mycology • marine science • Meereskunde • Microbiology • Mikrobiologie • Mycology • Mykologie
ISBN-10	3-11-026398-X / 311026398X
ISBN-13	978-3-11-026398-5 / 9783110263985
Zustand	Neuware