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Author:   Seshagiri Raghukumar
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   7.155kg
ISBN:  

9783319543031

ISBN 10:   3319543032
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   11 April 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Chapter 1: Fungi: Characteristics and Classification.- Chapter 2: The Marine Environment and the role of Fungi.- Chapter 3: History of marine mycology.- Chapter 4: Allochthonous wood in coastal waters.- Chapter 5: The Mangrove Ecosystem.- Chapter 6: The Salt Marsh Ecosystem.- Chapter 7: The Seagarass Ecosystem.- Chapter 8: The Macroalgal Ecosystem.- Chapter 9: The Coral Reef Ecosystem.- Chapter 10: Animals in coastal benthic ecosystem and aquaculture systems.- Chapter 11: The Pelagic Ecosystem.- Chapter 12: Extreme Environments.- Chapter 13: Physiology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology.- Chapter 14: Origin and Evolution of Marine Fungi.- Chapter 15: Methods to study Marine Fungi.  

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Dr Seshagiri Raghukumar, born in 1946, has an experience of over 40 years in studying marine fungi.  He obtained his Ph.D.in 1973 from Madras University for a thesis on marine fungi, under the supervision of the famous mycologist, Prof. C.V. Subramanian.  He was subsequently groomed by Dr Alwin Gaertner of the Institut für Meeresforsching (presently Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine  Research), at Bremerhaven, Germany, with whom he worked for 5 years on taxonomy and ecology of thraustochytrids.  He later joined the CSIR-National Institute of Oceanoraphy, Goa, India in 1982 where he worked as a Scientist for 23 years.  S. Raghukumar has been associated with Myko Tech Private Limited, India, a microbial biotechnology company since 2005. Seshagiri Raghukumar’s research spans a wide variety of topics.  These include marine lignicolous fungi, the role of fungi in marine, macrophyte detrital processes, biotechnology, and the biology of thraustochytrids.  He is particularly well known for his pioneering ecological studies on labyrinthulomycetes, particularly thraustochytrids and aplanochytrids.  Raghukumar participated in over 30 oceanographic cruises during his career and headed the Marine Biodiversity Project at the CSIR-NIO.  He has published over 80 research papers on marine fungi and holds several patents on their applications.   He taught several courses in marine microbiology and mycology at the Goa University and has guided a number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. Seshagiri Raghukumar was the past Secretary and President of the Mycological Society of India and is presently a Member of the Board of the International Marine Biotechnology Consortium. 

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