Fungal Extracellular Vesicles

This book provides an in-depth overview on the manifold functions of fungal extracellular vesicles (EV) which span from cell-to-cell communication, pathogenicity and stimulation of host's immunity to export of hundreds of biomolecules. The book summarizes the present knowledge on the impact of extracellular vesicles on fungal biology. Extracellular vesicles participate in fundamental biological processes in all living cells but only during the last15 years the production and functions of EVs were identified and studied in fungal species too. Up to date more than50 independent studies have shown that extracellular vesicles are produced by at least20fungalspecies. The book addresses researchers and advanced students in Microbiology, Mycology and Biotechnology.