Pathogenic Fungi in Humans and Animals
Summary
Exploring breakthroughs in fungal detection and control, this book covers fungal nomenclature, population instability, and phylogeny, as well as investigative research on Peronosporomycetes, Zygomycetes, Filamentous Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetous Yeasts, Endomycetes and Blastomycetes, and Miscellaneous Opportunistic Fungi. It offers methods to identify zoopathogenic fungi, analyze reports of putative pathogens, develop methods for detection, isolation, and characterization of pathogenic fungi, evaluate emerging strain-typing techniques, target molecules for diagnostic tests, and examine the patterns and mechanisms of genetic variation.
Table of Contents
An Introduction to the Taxonomy of Zoopathic Fungi, D.H. Howard
The Peronosporomycetes and Other Flagellate Fungi, M.W. Dick
Zygomycetes: The Order Mucorales, M.A.A. Schipper and J.A Stalpers
Zygomycetes: The Order Entomophthorales, S.-C. Jong and F.M. Dugan
Onygenales: Arthrodermataceae, D.H. Howard, I. Weitzman, and A.A. Padhye
Ascomycetes: The Onygenaceae and Other Fungi from the Order Onygenales, L. Sigler
Aspergillus, Fusarium, Sporothrix, Piedraia, and Their Relatives, R. Summerbell
Yeasts: Blastomycetes and Endomycetes, K.C. Hazen and S.A. Howell
Basidiomycetous Yeasts, T. Boekhout and E. Guého
Dematiaceous Hyphomycetes, W.A. Schell
Miscellaneous Opportunistic Fungi: Microascaceae and Other Ascomycetes, Hyphomycetes, Coelomycetes, and Basidiomycetes, L. Sigler
Molecular Methods to Identify Pathogenic Fungi, T.G. Mitchell and J. Xu
Population Genetic Analyses of Medically Important Fungi, J. Xu and T.G. Mitchell
Genetic Instability of Candida albicans, E. Rustchenko and F. Sherman
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