edited by Joseph Heitman, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina ; Barbara J. Howlett, School of Biosciences, the University of Melbourne, Victoria, NSW, Australia ; Pedro W. Crous, CBS-KNAW Fungal Diversity Centre, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, Utrecht, the Netherlands ; Eva H. Stukenbrock, Environmental Genomics, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany, and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany ; Timothy Y. James, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Neil A.R. Gow, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Fosterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Washington, DC :
ASM Press, American Society for Microbiology,
[2018]
1 online resource (xxiii, 1136 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fungi research and knowledge grew rapidly following recent advances in genetics and genomics. This book synthesizes new knowledge with existing information to stimulate new scientific questions and propel fungal scientists on to the next stages of research. This book is a comprehensive guide on fungi, environmental sensing, genetics, genomics, interactions with microbes, plants, insects, and humans, technological applications, and natural product development.