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Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development - Volume 1: Biodiversity and Ecological Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development - Volume 1: Biodiversity and Ecological Perspectives (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Fungal Biology
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Fungi are an understudied, biotechnologically valuable group of
organisms. Due to their immense range of habitats, and the
consequent need to compete against a diverse array of other fungi,
bacteria, and animals, fungi have developed numerous survival
mechanisms. However, besides their major basic positive role in the
cycling of minerals, organic matter and mobilizing insoluble
nutrients, fungi have other beneficial impacts: they are considered
good sources of food and active agents for a number of industrial
processes involving fermentation mechanisms as in the bread, wine
and beer industry. A number of fungi also produce biologically
important metabolites such as enzymes, vitamins, antibiotics and
several products of important pharmaceutical use; still others are
involved in the production of single cell proteins. The economic
value of these marked positive activities has been estimated as
approximating to trillions of US dollars. The unique attributes of
fungi thus herald great promise for their application in
biotechnology and industry. Since ancient Egyptians mentioned in
their medical prescriptions how they can use green molds in curing
wounds as the obvious historical uses of penicillin, fungi can be
grown with relative ease, making production at scale viable. The
search for fungal biodiversity, and the construction of a living
fungi collection, both have incredible economic potential in
locating organisms with novel industrial uses that will lead to
novel products. Fungi have provided the world with penicillin,
lovastatin, and other globally significant medicines, and they
remain an untapped resource with enormous industrial potential.
Volume 1 of Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable
Development provides an overview to understanding fungal diversity
from diverse habitats and their industrial application for future
sustainability. It encompasses current advanced knowledge of fungal
communities and their potential biotechnological applications in
industry and allied sectors. The book will be useful to scientists,
researchers, and students of microbiology, biotechnology,
agriculture, molecular biology, and environmental biology.
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