Fungi: Types, Environmental Impact and Role in Disease
( Environmental Health - Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors )
Publication series ：Environmental Health - Physical, Chemical and Biological Factors
Author： Adolfo Paz Silva María Sol (University of Santiago de Compostela Lugo Spain)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781619426856
Subject： Q949.32 Eumycota, Mycobionta
Keyword： Biology
Language： ENG
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Description
Fungi are very interesting organisms actively involved in a great number of environmental processes. Both animals and humans can also be affected by fungi, some of them especially important among immunocompromised individuals. This book provides research on the different types, impact and role in disease of fungi. Some of the topics discussed include gut fungi; carbohydrate uptake and catabolism in fungi; candida species as causative agents in infections; effect of polyene antibiotics on the potential pathogenicity factors in saprophytic micromycetes; and ectomycorrhizal fungi and their role in symbiosis.