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Biodiversity and Ecological Perspective of Industrially Important Fungi An Introduction

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Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development

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Abstract

Fungi are a valuable group of organisms and they are understudied industrially and biotechnologically. Due to their wide distribution in different ecological habitats that they inhabit, and the consequent need to compete against a diverse array of other living organisms, e.g., bacteria, fungi, and animals, fungi have developed numerous survival defense mechanisms. The unique attributes of fungi thus herald great promise for their application in biotechnology and industry. Further, fungi are also becoming a center of focus for the industrial sector as fungal enzymes are considered the main core in different industries and their requirement is at the top position and in fact their influence will be felt more in coming years and decades. Thus, keeping in view the importance of fungi especially for the industrial sector, this chapter highlights the recent progress that has been made in screening fungi for the production and commercialization of certain biologically active compounds for the industrial sector with special reference to endophytic fungi.

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Abdel-Azeem, A.M., Abo Nahas, H.H., Abdel-Azeem, M.A., Tariq, F.J., Yadav, A.N. (2021). Biodiversity and Ecological Perspective of Industrially Important Fungi An Introduction. In: Abdel-Azeem, A.M., Yadav, A.N., Yadav, N., Usmani, Z. (eds) Industrially Important Fungi for Sustainable Development. Fungal Biology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67561-5_1

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