MARINE FUNGI

Biotechnology and Bioprospects
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-34915-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 714 g

Reihe: Progress in Mycological Research

The book emphasizes applied aspects-abatement of pollution, applications in agriculture, bioactive metabolites, bioremediation, biosurfactants, health-promoting bioactive compounds, human nutrition, hydrophobins, and pigments. It comprises chapters from authors from different countries, divided into four subdivisions: 1) Agricultural and Nutraceutical-focuses on the application of marine fungi in agriculture, aquaculture, and human nutrition Applications; 2) Industrial Applications-discusses industrial-scale production of pigments and their applications; production and applications of hydrophobins and biosurfactants; lichens and their applications; and the significance of fungi from the Arctic and Antarctic; 3) Bioremediation-addresses advances in bioremediation of oil spills, the remediation of hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and the reduction of textile dyes; 4) Future Directions-future directions, discusses the significance of deep-sea fungi, geomycology, and synthetic biology.

Key Features:

- Reviews bioactive pigments from marine fungi and their applications.

- Deals with the discovery of bioactive metabolites from marine fungi and their pharmaceutical and agricultural applications.

- Covers endosymbiotic fungi of seaweeds and marine sponges, lichens, and their biotechnological potential.

- Emphasizes hydrophobins and biosurfactants of marine fungi.

- Reviews marine yeasts: as hidden microbial treasures of the ocean.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sridhar, Kandikere R.

Deshmukh, Sunil K.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Marine Geologie, Ozeanographie (Meereskunde)
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Part 1: Agricultural and Nutritional Applications 1. Marine Fungi as a Source of Bioactive Compounds for Use in Agriculture. 2. Using Zoosporic Fungi and Fungus-Like Organisms in Aquaculture. 3. Pigments from Marine Fungi: A Sustainable Approach for Food Applications Part 2: Industrial Applications 4. Marine Fungal Pigments: A Promising Source of Bioactive Hues for Industrial Applications. 5. Marine Fungal Hydrophobins and their Applications. 6. Biosurfactants from Marine Fungi: Recovery and Applications. 7. Marine Lichens: A Treasure Trove of Bioactive and Biotechnological Potential in Marine Fungal Symbiosis. 8. The Untapped Potential of Arctic and Antarctica Fungi Part 3: Bioremediation 9. Advances in Bioremediation Using Marine Fungi. 10. Marine Fungi in Bioremediation for a Sustainable Ecosystem. 11. Marine Fungal Potential for the Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heavy Metals. 12. Potential Utilization of Deep-sea Marine Fungi in the Bioremediation of Crude Oil Spills in the Ocean. 13. Bioremediation of Textile Dyes by Marine-Derived Fungi. Part 4: Future Directions 14. Applications of Deepsea Mycobiota: An Untapped Resource of Blue Biotechnology. 15. Geomycology of Marine Environments: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives. 16. Role of Synthetic Biology in Marine Fungi.

Über Autor(innen)

Kandikere R. Sridhar is an Adjunct Professor (Department of Biosciences, Mangalore University, India) and a Visiting Professor at NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India. His research areas are the Diversity and Ecology of Fungi of the Western Ghats and maritime habitats. He was an NSERC fellow and visiting professor at Mount Allison University, Canada; the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research at UFZ and Martin Luther University, Germany; and the Centre of Biology, University of Minho, Portugal. He is a recipient of the Dr. Shome Memorial Award (2004), Vice President (2013), President (2018) of the Mycological Society of India (IMSI). He is a Fellow of the Indian Mycological Society, Kolkata (2014), Distinguished Asian Mycologist (2015), Outstanding Leader in Education and Research, Association of Agricultural Technology, Bangkok (2016), and Fellow of the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy, India (2023). He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of MSI (2019) and the Association of Fungal Biologists (AFB), India (2025). He has mentored 25 PhD theses, 5 MPhil theses, and 25 MSc projects (mycology, food science, and myriapodology). He was a UGC-BSR Faculty Fellow, India (2014-2017) and in the top 2% of scientists in the field of mycology (2020-2025). He has published over 600 research papers, edited 22 books, and reviewed over 200 research articles, 25 project proposals, 15 book proposals, and he has evaluated 25 PhD theses (Australia, India, Mauritius, and Thailand).

Sunil K. Deshmukh is a Scientific Advisor to Greenvention Biotech, Uruli Kanchan, Pune, India, and AGPharm Bioinnovations LLP, Patiala, Punjab, India. He is a veteran industrial mycologist who spent a substantial part of his career in drug discovery at Hoechst Marion Roussel Limited [now Sanofi India Ltd.], Mumbai, and Piramal Enterprises Limited, Mumbai. He has also served at the TERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre, New Delhi, and as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Deakin University, Australia. He has to his credit 8 patents, 158 publications and 28 books on various aspects of fungi and natural products of microbial origin. He is the president of the Association of Fungal Biologists (AFB) and a past president of the Mycological Society of India (MSI). Dr. Deshmukh is the Managing Editor of Mycological Spectrum, the official journal of the Association of Fungal Biologists. He has approximately four decades of research experience dealing with bioactives from fungi, including keratinophilic fungi. He has approximately four decades of research experience in getting bioactives from fungi and various aspects of keratinophilic fungi.