Fungal Biotechnology: Industrial Applications and Market Potential provides a comprehensive and holistic review on the uses of filamentous fungi in food, agriculture, and pharmaceutical industries. In addition to genetic and metabolic engineering approaches for heterologous proteins production in fungi, the book focuses on fungi as a source of bioactive compounds like enzymes, polysaccharides, alkaloids, glycoproteins, and phytohormones. It describes recent trends in the use of fungi for solid waste management and its subsequent conversion into value added products. As a complete guide on the broad uses of microfungi in different industrial sectors while maintaining a sustainable environment, this book is a beneficial resource for students, researchers, and scientists as an effective means of imparting knowledge on the current trends and future perspectives in the field of fungal biotechnology.
Table of Contents
1. Fungal biotechnology: An overview 2. Production of organic acids by filamentous fungi 3. Production of heterologous proteins in filamentous fungi 4. Synthetic biology approaches to engineer fungi for the production of specialty chemicals 5. Fungal enzymes: Applications and market trends 6. Fungal synthesis of nanoparticles 7. Engineered living materials based on fungi 8. Resources for analysis & visualization of multi-omics data 9. Fungal single cell proteins 10. Traditional fermented foods using fungi 11. Biopharmaceuticals from filamentous fungi 12. Fungal glycoproteins in biomedical research 13. Bioactive alkaloids from fungi 14. Industrial biotransformations using fungi 15. Fungal contamination of food and pharmaceuticals 16. Properties and applications of fungal polysaccharides 17. Biotechnological approaches in the production of fungal pigments 18. Lignocellulosic waste for the production of flavours by fungi and their enzymes 19. Fungal phytohormones 20. Current trends on the use of VAM fungi as biofertilizer 21. Fungal entomopathogens for sustainable agriculture 22. Weed control with Mycoherbicides 23. RNA silencing approach for the control of fungal pathogens 24. Filamentous fungi in valorization of pollutants from aquatic and terrestrial ecosystem 25. Fungi in solid waste management and material recycling 26. Mycopackaging approaches towards environmental protection 27. Fungi as potent bioresource for biofuel production
