Laboratory protocols in fungal biology current methods in fungal biology /

Mycology has an integral role to play in the development of the biotechnology and biomedical sectors. It has become a subject of increasing importance as new fungi and their associated biomolecules are identified. As this discipline comes to the forefront of research in these sectors, the requiremen...

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Other Authors: Gupta, Vijai Kumar,, Tuohy, Maria G.,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2022]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vi, 261 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Fungal biology (Springer (Firm))
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Table of Contents:
  • Various methods of long-term preservation of fungal cultures in all-Russian collection of microorganisms (VKM)
  • Sabouraud agar and other fungal growth media
  • Fluorescence in situ hydbridization of uncultured zoosporic fungi
  • Technique for identifying and counting infective chytrid sporangia using the chitinaceous fluorochrome calcoflour white
  • Assessment of host immune responses to fungal pathogens
  • Recent advances in applications of support vector machines in fungal biology
  • Real-time quantitative PCR assay for the assessment of uncultured zoosporic fungi
  • Assays for the quantification of antioxidant enzymes in fungi
  • Cellulomics of live yeast by advanced and correlative microscopy
  • Molecular taxonomy and multigene phylogeny of fungi
  • Fluorochrome-based methods for fungal sample examination
  • Yeast isolation methods from specialized habitats.