Full Description
Members of the fungal kingdom-the decomposers, the fermenters, the pathogens, the symbiotes-play critical roles in the ecology of our planet and have provided both benefits and hazards to humans for millennia. Pathogenic fungi are responsible for ca. 1.5 million deaths each year, yet other members of the Kingdom Fungi provide foods, medicines, industrial products, and more: a window for researchers into the workings of all eukaryotes. In The Fungal Kingdom, an international team of experts has assembled reviews by more than 170 mycologists, cell biologists, systems biologists, mathematicians, geneticists, and genomicists that cover the latest research and knowledge about all aspects of the Eumycota.The Fungal Kingdom is a rich collection of articles on all things fungi. These reviews present the latest fungal research and the impacts of fungi on agriculture, ecology, human health, and industrial applications as well as what lies ahead.
Contents
Section 11. Realm and Classification of the Fungal Kingdom Joseph Spatafora, John Taylor, and Rytas Vilgalys 2. What Fungal Traits Matter and How They Evolve Lazlo Nagy and Tim James 3. What Defines the "Kingdom" Fungi? Thomas Richards 4. Fungal Diversity Revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 Million Species David Hawksworth, Robert Lucking, and Paul Kirk 5. Microsporidia: Obligate Intracellular Pathogens within the Fungal Kingdom Realm Louis Weiss Section 2: Life of Fungi 6. Fungal Sex: The Ascomycota Richard Bennett and Gillian Turgeon 7. Fungal Sex: The Basidiomycota Marco A. Coelho et al. 8. Fungal Sex: The Mucoromycota Alex Idnurm and Soo Chan Lee 9. Sex and the Imperfect Fungi Paul Dyer and Ulrich Kuck 10. Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Cell Fusion and Heterokaryon Formation in Filamentous Fungi Jens Heller et al. 11. Cell Biology of Fungal Growth Gero Steinberg and Meritxell Riquelme 12. The Fungal Cell Wall: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function Carol Munro and Neil Gow 13. Fungal Ecology: Principles of Competition and Colonization by Saprotrophic Fungi Lynne Boddy and Jennifer Hiscox Section 3: Fungal Ecology 14. Long-Distance Dispersal of Fungi Jacob Golan and Anne Pringle 15. The Geomycology of Elemental Cycling and Transformations in the Environment Geoffrey Gadd 16. Ecology of Fungal Plant Pathogens Aad Termorshuizen 17. Key Ecological Roles for Zoosporic True Fungi in Aquatic Habitats Frank H. Gleason et al. Section 4: How Fungi Sense Their Environment 18. The Mycelium as a Network Mark Fricker and Lynne Boddy 19. Nutrient Sensing Mark Johnston et al. 20. The Complexity of Fungal Vision Luis Corrochano and Reinhard Fischer 21. Stress Sensing Alistair J.P. Brown et al. 22. Thigmo Responses: The Fungal Sense of Touch Alexandra Brand and Mariana Cruz Almeida 23. Melanin, Radiation, and Energy Transduction in Fungi Arturo Casadevall et al. 24. Marking Time: Conservation of Biological Clocks from Fungi to Animals Jennifer Loros and Jay Dunlap Section 5: Fungal Genetics and Genomics as Models for Biology 25. Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Regulates Growth in Response to Nutritional Signals Ronit Weisman 26. Fungal Cell Cycle: A Unicellular versus Multicellular Comparison Ilkay Doerter and Michelle Momany 27. A Matter of Scale and Dimensions: Chromatin of Chromosome Landmarks in the Fungi Allyson A. Erlendson, Steven Friedman and Michael Freitag 28. Fungal Ploidy Changes Anna Selmecki 29. Fungal Genomes and Insights into the Evolution of the Kingdom Jason Stajich 30. Sources of Fungal Genetic Variation and Associating It with Phenotypic Diversity John Taylor 31. RNAi in Fungi: Retention and Loss Victoriano Garre and Francisco Nicolas 32. Fungal Prions Daniel Jarosz, Heather True-Krob, and Sven Saupe 33. Repeat-Induced Point Mutation and Other Genome Defense Mechanisms in Fungi Eugene Gladyshev 34. Plant Pathogenic Fungi Gunther Doehlemann and Amir Sharon Section 6: Fungal Interactions with Plants: Impact on Agriculture and the Biosphere 35. The Mutualistic Interaction between Plants and Mycorrhizal Fungi Luisa Lanfranco, Andrea Genre, and Paola Bonfante 36. Lichenized Fungi and the Evolution of Symbiotic Organization Mats Wedin and Martin Grube 37. Role of Effectors in Plant Disease Richard Oliver and Pierre de Wit 38. Emerging Fungal Threats to Plants and Animals Challenge Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience Helen Fones, Matt Fisher, and Sarah Gurr 39. Fungi That Infect Humans Julia Koehler et al. Section 7: Fungi and the Human Host 40. The Mycobiome: Impact on Health and Disease States Mahmoud Ghannoum and Pat Seed 41. Skin Fungi from Colonization to Infection Sybren de Hoog et al. 42. Fungal Biofilms and Human Disease Aaron Mitchell and Katherine S. Lagree 43. How the Vertebrate Immune System Recognizes and Attacks Fungi Gordon Brown et al. 44. Antifungal Drugs: The Current Armamentarium and Development of New Agents Gerard Wright, Nicole Robbins, and Leah Cowen 45. The Insect Pathogens Ray St. Leger and Brian Lovett Section 8: Fungal Interactions with Animals (Fungi, Insects, and Nematodes) and Other Microbes 46. Made for Each Other: Ascomycete Yeasts and Insects Meredith Blackwell and Fred Dietrich 47. Nematode-Trapping Fungi Xiangzhi Jiang, Meichun Xiang, and Xingzhong Liu 48. Host-Microsporidia Interactions in the Nematode Caenorhabiditis elegans Emily Troemel 49. Bacterial Endosymbionts: Master Modulators of Fungal Phenotypes Sarah J. Araldi-Brondolo et al. 50. Necrotrophic Mycoparasites and Their Genomes Magnus Karlsson et al. 51. Lignin from Lignocellulose: Ligninolytic Enzymes and Applications of Lignin and Ligninolytic Enzymes Scott Baker and Ronald de Vries 52. Fungal Enzymes and Yeasts for Conversion of Plant Biomass to Bioenergy and Higher Value Products Gustavo Goldman and Lene Lange Section 9: Fungi: Technology and Natural Products 53. Fungi as a Source of Food Joelle Dupont et al. 54. Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites from the Fungi Gerald Bills and James Gloer
