Dr Vijai Kumar Gupta is Lead Researcher of the Molecular Glyobiotechnology Group, Department of Biochemistry, at the National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.S. Sreenivasaprasad is Chair Professor of Environmental Sciences and Director of the Institute of Biomedical and Environmental Science and Technology (iBEST) at the University of Bedfordshire, UK.Robert L. Mach is Professor of Molecular Biology, Vice-Head of the Research Division of Gene Technology and Applied Biochemistry, and Head of the Research Group Gene Technology at the Vienna University of Technology, Austria.

• Contributors ixForeword xiiiPreface xviiSection 1 Fungi as cell factories 1Chapter 1 Fungal biofilms: An overview 3Virginia Medeiros de SiqueiraChapter 2 Fungal biomolecules for the food industry 11Quang D. Nguyen, Erika Bujna, Gabriella Styevko, Judit M. Rezessy-Szabo and Agoston HoschkeChapter 3 Fungal biocatalysts in the textile industry: Whole?]cell systems in real textile wastewater treatment 39Federica Spina, Valeria Tigini, Valeria Prigione and Giovanna Cristina VareseChapter 4 Discovery of fungal enzymes and pathways 51Aleksandra Mitrovic and Anton GliederChapter 5 Fungal laccase in the textile industry 63Susana Rodriguez?]CoutoSection 2 Production of recombinant peptides 73Chapter 6 Lignocellulose?]degrading enzymes: An overview of the global market 75Paula M. D. Jaramillo, Helder A. R. Gomes, Antonielle V. Monclaro, Caio O. G. Silva and Edivaldo X. F. FilhoChapter 7 Recent advancements in the role of volatile organic compounds from fungi 87Lourdes Macias?]Rodriguez, Hexon Angel Contreras?]Cornejo, Jesus Salvador Lopez?]Bucio and Jose Lopez?]BucioChapter 8 Peptaibiotics and peptaibols from fungi 101Susanne ZeilingerSection 3 Fungal secondary metabolites and synthesis 115Chapter 9 Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by fungi 117Ana Olivia de Souza and Alexandre Gomes RodriguesChapter 10 Fungal biomolecules as modulators of growth and pathogenesis 137Rajesh N. Patkar and Naweed I. NaqviChapter 11 Fungi as a source of antitumour agents 145Shin Yee Fung and Nget Hong TanChapter 12 Fungal mycotoxins: an overview 153Svetlana V. Malysheva, Jose Diana Di Mavungu and Sarah De SaegerChapter 13 Fungal pigments: An overview 173Marcela C. Pagano and Partha P. DharChapter 14 An overview regarding bioherbicide and their production methods by fermentation 183Rodrigo Klaic, Raquel C. Kuhn, Edson L. Foletto, Valeria Dal Pra, Rodrigo J. S. Jacques, Jerson V. C. Guedes, Helen Treichel, Altemir J. Mossi, Debora Oliveira, J. Vladimir Oliveira, Sergio L. Jahn and Marcio A. MazuttiSection 4 Regulation of fungal secondary metabolism 201Chapter 15 The role of nutrients in fungal development and pathogenesis 203YiZhen Deng, Fan Yang and Naweed I. NaqviChapter 16 Role of nitrogen sources in regulation of fungal secondary metabolism 213Bidisha Sharma and Dhruva Kumar JhaChapter 17 Regulatory genes in fungal secondary metabolism 225Jaswinder Kaur and Catherine CollinsChapter 18 Fungal metabolic diversity 239Andrei Stecca Steindorff, Gabriela F. Persinoti, Valdirene Neves Monteiro and Roberto Nascimento SilvaChapter 19 Secreted biomolecules in fungal plant pathogenesis 263Neil Andrew Brown and Kim E. Hammond?]KosackSection 5 Developments and advancements 311Chapter 20 Fungal molecular taxonomy: an overview 313Marcela C. Pagano and Luiz H. RosaChapter 21 Fungal biomolecules in wines and beer industries 323Carlos Roberto Felix and Eliane Ferreira NoronhaChapter 22 Biosorption and bioaccumulation of chromium VI by different fungal species 333Dhara Shukla and Padma S. VankarChapter 23 Fungal biomolecules in plant growth promotion 345Hexon Angel Contreras?]Cornejo, Lourdes Macias?]Rodriguez and Jose Lopez?]BucioChapter 24 Fungal biomolecules and their implications 363Andleeb Zehra, Manish Kumar Dubey, Arti Tiwari, Mukesh Meena, Punam Kumari, Vivek Kumar Singh, Vijai Kumar Gupta and R. S. UpadhyayIndex 377

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