Biodiversity and ecophysiology of yeasts / edited by Carlos Rosa, Gabor Peter. — Berlin ; London : Springer, 2006.—(58.884/B615b)

Contents

        Contents
    1 Yeast Biodiversity: How Many and How Much?
     Marc-Andr6 Lachance 1
    2 Yeast Systematics and Phylogeny - Implications of Molecular Identification Methods for Studies in Ecology
     Cletus P. Kurtzman and Jack W. Fell 11
    3 Yeast Biodiversity and Culture Collections
     Vincent Robert， Joost Stalpers， Teun Boekhout and Shu-hui Tan 31
    4 Genomics and Biodiversity in Yeasts
     M. Bolotin-Fukuhara 45
    5 Methods for Investigating Yeast Biodiversity
     K. Boundy-Mills 67
    6 Sugar Metabolism in Yeasts: an Overview of Aerobic and Anaerobic Glucose Catabolism
     Fernando Rodrigues， Paula Ludovico and Cecilia Leao 101
    7 Diversity of Nitrogen Metabolism Among Yeast Species: Regulatory and Evolutionary Aspects
     Francine Messenguy， Bruno Andr6 and Evelyne Dubois 123
    8 Environmental Factors Influencing Yeasts
     Tibor Deak 155
    9 Yeast Responses to Stresses
     An Tanghe， Bernard Prior and Johan M. Thevelein 175
    10 Antagonistic Interactions Among Yeasts
     W.I. Golubev 197
    11 Yeasts in Soil
     Alfred Botha 221
    12 Yeast Biodiversity in Freshwater， Marine and Deep-Sea Environments
     Takahiko Nagahama 241
    13 Phylloplane Yeasts
     A. Fonseca and J. Inacio 263
    14 Yeast and Invertebrate Associations
     Philip F. Ganter 303
    15 Yeasts in Extreme Environments
     Peter Raspor and Jure Zupan 371
    16 Yeast Biodiversity in the Antarctic
     Helen S. Vishniac 419
    17 Yeast Biodiversity in Tropical Forests of Asia
     Takashi Nakase， Sasitorn Jindamorakot， Somjit Am-in Wanchern Potacharoen and Morakot Tanticharoen 441
    18 Yeast Communities in Tropical Rain Forests in Brazil and other South American Ecosystems
     Paula B. Morals， Fernando C. Pagnocca and Carlos A. Rosa 461
    19 The Biogeographic Diversity of Cactophilic Yeasts
     William T. Starmer， Virginia Aberdeen and Marc-Andre Lachance 485
    20 Black Yeasts and Meristematic Fungi: Ecology， Diversity and Identification
    Katja Sterflinger 501
    21 Yeasts as Indicators of Environmental Quality
     Allen N. Hagler 515
    22 Yeast Biodiversity and Biotechnology
     Pietro Buzzini and Ann Vaughan-Martini 533
    Index 561