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OverviewEukaryotic Microbes presents chapters hand-selected by the editor of the Encyclopedia of Microbiology, updated whenever possible by their original authors to include key developments made since their initial publication. The book provides an overview of the main groups of eukaryotic microbes and presents classic and cutting-edge research on content relating to fungi and protists, including chapters on yeasts, algal blooms, lichens, and intestinal protozoa. This concise and affordable book is an essential reference for students and researchers in microbiology, mycology, immunology, environmental sciences, and biotechnology. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Moselio Schaechter (San Diego State University, CA, USA<br>Expertise: Microbial Physiology and Ecology, Field Mycology, Microbiological Education, Science Communication)Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Imprint: Academic Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.60cm Weight: 1.200kg ISBN: 9780128103661ISBN 10: 0128103663 Pages: 496 Publication Date: 19 August 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPREFACE I. FUNGI Yeasts Aspergillus: A Multifaceted Genus Clavicipitaceae: Free-Living and Saprotrophs to Plant Endophytes Microsporidia: a model for minimal parasite–host interactions Mycorrhizae Endophytic Microbes Lichens Plant Pathogens: Newly Emerging Diseases Fungal and Protist Plant Pathogens Entomogenous fungi Fungal Infections, Systemic Fungal Infections, Cutaneous II. PROTISTS Amitochondriate Protists (Diplomonads, Parabasalids, Oxymonads) Amoebas (Lobose) Ciliates Secretive ciliates and putative asexuality in microbial eukaryotes Coccolithophores Diatoms: The Grass Menagerie Dinoflagellates Dyctiostelium Foraminifera Euglenozoa Protozoan, Intestinal Leishmania Oomycetes (Water Mold) Picoeukaryotes Stramenopiles Toxoplasmosis Trypanosomes Sleeping Sickness Secondary endosymbiosis Algal blooms Food Webs, MicrobialReviewsThe book is well illustrated with diagrams, figures and tables, and the chapters are thorough, well-presented and easy to read. The content has been carefully selected from the huge range of topics that are covered under eukaryotic microbiology, and provides an excellent overview. It will be a useful reference work for researchers and students in many areas of eukaryotic microbiology, and of course for all other microbiologists fascinated by these incredible, beautiful and important organisms. -- Microbiology Today <i> The book is well illustrated with diagrams, figures and tables, and the chapters are thorough, well-presented and easy to read. The content has been carefully selected from the huge range of topics that are covered under eukaryotic microbiology, and provides an excellent overview. It will be a useful reference work for researchers and students in many areas of eukaryotic microbiology, and of course for all other microbiologists fascinated by these incredible, beautiful and important organisms. --</i><b>Microbiology Today</b></p> Author InformationDr. Schaechter is a Distinguished Professor, Emeritus at Tufts University, where he served as chairman of the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology from 1970 to 1993. He has worked on bacterial growth physiology and the relationship of the chromosome and the bacterial cell membrane. He has authored ten treatises and textbooks, most in collaboration with others, plus a book for the general public, In the Company of Mushrooms. He has served as President of the American Society for Microbiology. Currently, he is Adjunct Professor Emeritus, Biology Department, at San Diego State University and Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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