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Yeasts in Natural and Artificial Habitats

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  • © 1997

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  1. John F. T. Spencer

    1. Avenida Belgrano y Pasaje Caseros, PROIMI, S.M. de Tucumán, Argentina

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  2. Dorothy M. Spencer

    1. Avenida Belgrano y Pasaje Caseros, PROIMI, S.M. de Tucumán, Argentina

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction: A Guide to the World of the Yeasts

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 1-1

  3. Historical Introduction: Yeasts and Man in the Past

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 2-10

  4. Taxonomy: The Names of the Yeasts

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 11-32

  5. Ecology: Where Yeasts Live

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 33-58

  6. Ecology: The Bad Guys: Pathogens of Humans and Other Animals

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 59-67

  7. Yeasts as Living Objects: Yeast Nutrition

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer, L. I. C. de Figueroa
    Pages 68-79

  8. Outside and Inside: The Morphology and Cytology of the Yeast Cell

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 80-94

  9. Membranes

    • M. Höfer
    Pages 95-132

  10. The Yeasts: Sex and Nonsex. Life Cycles, Sporulation and Genetics

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 133-152

  11. Chemical Warfare Among the Yeasts: the “Killer” Phenomenon, Genetics and Applications

    • V. Vondrejs, Z. Palková
    Pages 153-170

  12. Inside the Inside: Part I: Yeasts and Molecular Biology, a Recipe for Alphabet Soup. Chromosome Structure, Replication, Transcription, and Translation

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 171-203

  13. Inside the Inside: Part II: The Regulators. Cell Specialization: a Regulatory Hierarchy

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 204-225

  14. Yeasts and the Life of Man: Part I: Helpers and Hinderers. “Traditional” Yeast-Based Industries; Spoilage Yeasts

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 226-242

  15. Yeasts and the Life of Man: Part II: Genetics and Molecular Biology of Industrial Yeasts and Processes

    • J. F. T. Spencer, D. M. Spencer
    Pages 243-263

  16. Genetics and Molecular Biology of Methylotrophic Yeasts

    • E. Berardi
    Pages 264-294

  17. Yeasts in Food Fermentations and Therapeutics

    • G. Vijayalakshmi, B. K. Lonsane, M. M. Krishnaiah
    Pages 295-314

  18. Yeasts and Energy. The Production of Fuel-Grade Ethanol

    • B. K. Lonsane, G. Vijayalakshmi, M. M. Krishnaiah
    Pages 315-352

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 353-381
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About this book

A Guide to the World of the Yeasts J. F. T. Spencer and D. M. Spencert As the well-known authority on yeasts, the late Professor Rose, frequently pointed out, it is impossible for one person to present, in a single volume, the details of the life, composiotion, habitats, relationships, and actual and potential uses to man­ kind of the 500 (at last count) known species of yeasts. This book confirms the truth of this statement. However, our aim is actually more modest than that, and this book is an attempt to introduce the general reader, and possibly some inter­ ested specialists, to the lives of the yeasts in their natural and more artificial habitats, their use by human beings, and to give some idea of the wonderfully complex activities within the yeast cell, the characteristics of the metabolism and molecular biology of yeasts, and the applications of these characteristics to life in the present-dayworld ofhuman existence. The book proceeds from a brief chapter on what is and is not known of the origins and early history of the yeasts, through a description of their classification, relationships, habitats and general life style, their external morphology and internal structures and mechanisms within their cells, the regulatory mechanisms controlling processes such as signal transmis­ sion, mating, cell fusion, and many others.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Avenida Belgrano y Pasaje Caseros, PROIMI, S.M. de Tucumán, Argentina

    John F. T. Spencer, Dorothy M. Spencer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Yeasts in Natural and Artificial Habitats

  • Editors: John F. T. Spencer, Dorothy M. Spencer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03370-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-56820-9Published: 07 July 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08160-6Published: 01 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03370-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 382

  • Topics: Microbiology, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

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