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SECTION I FUNGAL BRANCHES ON THE EUKARYOTIC TREE OF LIFE |
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1 The Fungal Tree of Life: From Molecular Systematics to Genome-Scale Phylogenies |
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2 Six Key Traits of Fungi: Their Evolutionary Origins and Genetic Bases |
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3 What Defines the "Kingdom" Fungi? |
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4 Fungal Diversity Revisited: 2.2 to 3.8 Million Species |
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5 Microsporidia: Obligate Intracellular Pathogens within the Fungal Kingdom |
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97 | (18) |
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6 Fungal Sex: The Ascomycota I |
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7 Fungal Sex: The Basidiomycota |
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147 | (30) |
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8 Fungal Sex: The Mucoromycota |
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9 Sex and the Imperfect Fungi |
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193 | (22) |
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10 Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Cell Fusion and Heterokaryon Formation in Filamentous Fungi |
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215 | (16) |
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11 Cell Biology of Hyphal Growth |
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231 | (36) |
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12 The Fungal Cell Wall: Structure, Biosynthesis, and Function |
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267 | (26) |
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13 Fungal Ecology: Principles and Mechanisms of Colonization and Competition by Saprotrophic Fungi |
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293 | (16) |
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14 Long-Distance Dispersal of Fungi |
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309 | (26) |
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15 The Mycelium as a Network |
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335 | (34) |
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SECTION III FUNGAL ECOLOGY |
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369 | (48) |
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16 The Geomycology of Elemental Cycling and Transformations in the Environment |
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371 | (16) |
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17 Ecology of Fungal Plant Pathogens |
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387 | (12) |
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18 Key Ecological Roles for Zoosporic True Fungi in Aquatic Habitats |
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399 | (18) |
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SECTION IV HOW FUNGI SENSE THEIR ENVIRONMENT |
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19 Nutrient Sensing at the Plasma Membrane of Fungal Cells |
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419 | (22) |
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20 The Complexity of Fungal Vision |
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441 | (22) |
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22 Thigmo Responses: The Fungal Sense of Touch |
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487 | (22) |
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23 Melanin, Radiation, and Energy Transduction in Fungi |
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509 | (6) |
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24 Making Time: Conservation of Biological Clocks from Fungi to Animals |
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25 Target of Rapamycin (TOR) Regulates Growth in Response to Nutritional Signals |
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SECTION V FUNGAL GENETICS AND GENOMICS AS MODELS FOR BIOLOGY |
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26 Fungal Cell Cycle: A Unicellular versus Multicellular Comparison |
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551 | (20) |
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27 A Matter of Scale and Dimensions: Chromatin of Chromosome Landmarks in the Fungi |
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571 | (28) |
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28 Ploidy Variation in Fungi: Polyploidy, Aneuploidy, and Genome Evolution |
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29 Fungal Genomes and Insights into the Evolution of the Kingdom |
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30 Sources of Fungal Genetic Variation and Associating It with Phenotypic Diversity |
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635 | (22) |
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31 RNA Interference in Fungi: Retention and Loss |
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32 Amyloid Prions in Fungi |
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33 Repeat-Induced Point Mutation and Other Genome Defense Mechanisms in Fungi |
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687 | (14) |
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SECTION VI FUNGAL INTERACTIONS WITH PLANTS: IMPACT ON AGRICULTURE AND THE BIOSPHERE |
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34 Plant Pathogenic Fungi |
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703 | (24) |
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35 The Mutualistic Interaction between Plants and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi |
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727 | (22) |
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36 Lichenized Fungi and the Evolution of Symbiotic Organization |
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37 Fungal Plant Pathogenesis Mediated by Effectors |
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38 Emerging Fungal Threats to Plants and Animals Challenge Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience |
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SECTION VII FUNGI AND THE HUMAN HOST |
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39 Fungi that Infect Humans |
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813 | (32) |
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40 The Mycobiome: Impact on Health and Disease States |
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41 Skin Fungi from Colonization to Infection |
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855 | (18) |
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42 Fungal Biofilms: Inside Out |
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873 | (14) |
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43 Fungal Recognition and Host Defense Mechanisms |
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887 | (16) |
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44 Antifungal Drugs: The Current Armamentarium and Development of New Agents |
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SECTION VIII FUNGAL INTERACTIONS WITH ANIMALS (FUNGI, INSECTS, AND NEMATODES) AND OTHER MICROBES |
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925 | (20) |
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46 Made for Each Other: Ascomycete Yeasts and Insects |
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945 | (18) |
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47 Nematode-Trapping Fungi |
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963 | (12) |
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48 Host-Microsporidia Interactions in Caenorhabiditis elegans, a Model Nematode Host |
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975 | (6) |
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49 Bacterial Endosymbionts: Master Modulators of Fungal Phenotypes |
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50 Necrotrophic Mycoparasites and Their Genomes |
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1005 | (22) |
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SECTION IX FUNGI: TECHNOLOGY AND NATURAL PRODUCTS |
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1027 | (94) |
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51 Fungal Enzymes and Yeasts for Conversion of Plant Biomass to Bioenergy and High-Value Products |
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1029 | (20) |
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52 Fungal Ligninolytic Enzymes and Their Applications |
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1049 | (14) |
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53 Fungi as a Source of Food |
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54 Biologically Active Secondary Metabolites from the Fungi |
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| Index |
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