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Author:   John F.T. Spencer ,  Dorothy M. Spencer
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1997
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.605kg
ISBN:  

9783642081606

ISBN 10:   3642081606
Pages:   382
Publication Date:   01 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

A Guide to the World of the Yeasts.- 1 Historical Introduction: Yeasts and Man in the Past.- 2 Taxonomy: The Names of the Yeasts.- 3 Ecology: Where Yeasts Live.- 4 Ecology: The Bad Guys: Pathogens of Humans and Other Animals.- 5 Yeasts as Living Objects: Yeast Nutrition.- 6 Outside and Inside: The Morphology and Cytology of the Yeast Cell.- 7 Membranes.- 8 The Yeasts: Sex and Nonsex. Life Cycles, Sporulation and Genetics.- 9 Chemical Warfare Among the Yeasts: the “Killer” Phenomenon, Genetics and Applications.- 10 Inside the Inside: Part I: Yeasts and Molecular Biology, A Recipe for Alphabet Soup. Chromosome Structure, Replication, Transcription, and Translation.- 11 Inside the Inside: Part II: The Regulators. Cell Specialization: a Regulatory Hierarchy.- 12 Yeasts and the Life of Man: Part I: Helpers and Hinderers. “Traditional” Yeast-Based Industries; Spoilage Yeasts.- 13 Yeasts and the Life of Man: Part II: Genetics and Molecular Biology of Industrial Yeasts and Processes.- 14 Genetics and Molecular Biology of Methylotrophic Yeasts.- 15 Yeasts in Food Fermentations and Therapeutics.- 16 Yeasts and Energy. The Production of Fuel-Grade Ethanol.- Notes Added in Proof.- Species Index.

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