Progress in Mycology [electronic resource] / edited by Mahendra Rai, George Kȵvics.

Better Yeast for Better Wine Genetic Improvement of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Wine Strains -- Genetics and Genomics of aspergillus Fla VUS -- Genetic Transformation of Zygomycetes Fungi -- Current Advances in Aspergillosis -- Fungal Infections of the Central Nervous System -- OTOMYCOSIS IN TURKEY: A REVIEW -- CURRENT TRENDS IN FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS -- BIODIVERSITY OF FILAMENTOUS FUNGI ON SOILS AND SANDS -- Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Growth Promotion of Crop Plants -- ECTOMYCORRHIZAL SYMBIOSIS: POSSIBILITIES AND PROSPECTS -- Higher Basidiomycetes Mushrooms as a Source Of Antioxidants -- The Contribution of Wild Fungi to Diet, Income and Health: A World Review -- Mercury in Certain Mushroom Species in Poland -- Alcohol Oxidase Enzyme of Methylotrophic Yeasts as a Basis of Biosensors for Detection of Lower Aliphatic Alcohols -- Chitin Metabolism In Fungi -- Fungi-Mediated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles: Characterization Processes and Applications.

The present book is aimed to provide the readers with current trends in the field of Mycology in general and fungal biotechnology in particular. The book would be of utmost importance to students, researchers and teachers of botany, mycology, microbiology, medical microbiology, fungal biotechnology and nanotechnology. The readers should find the book full of information and reader friendly.