Handbook Of Industrial Mycology, Hardcover by An, Zhiqiang (EDT), ISBN 082475655X, ISBN-13 9780824756550, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKIn a broad reference to the fundamental science and methodologies underlying the use of fungi in industrial processes, industrial and academic researchers discuss mycology, industrial mycology, and fungal biology; the discovery and biosynthesis of fungal secondary metabolites; fermentation, strain improvement, and bioconversion; metabolic engineering; heterologous protein expression in yeasts and filamentous fungi; toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins; and fungal secondary metabolites in the biological control of crop pests. Among the specific topics are cell cycle regulation in the morphogenesis and development of fungi, fungal germplasm for drug discovery and industrial applications, genomics and gene regulation of the aflatoxin biosynthetic pathway, and applications of fungal bioconversion to the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()