Yeast Biotechnology: Diversity and Applications

• Diversity and Biology.- Antarctic Yeasts: Biodiversity and Potential Applications.- Basidiomycetous Yeasts: Current Status.- Hansenula polymorpha (Pichia angusta): Biology and Applications.- Debaryomyces hansenii: An Osmotolerant and Halotolerant Yeast.- Candida famata (Debaryomyces hansenii).- Pichia guilliermondii.- Assimilation of Unusual Carbon Compounds.- Ecology and Biodiversity of Yeasts with Potential Value in Biotechnology.- Yeasts Diversity in Fermented Foods and Beverages.- Utilization of Yeasts in Biological Control Programs.- Opportunistic Pathogenic Yeasts.- Interaction Between Yeasts and Zinc.- Glutathione Production in Yeast.- The Fermentative and Aromatic Ability of Kloeckera and Hanseniaspora Yeasts.- Assimilatory Nitrate Reduction in Hansenula polymorpha.- Genetic and Molecular Insights.- Yeast Genetics and Biotechnological Applications.- A Wide-Range Integrative Expression Vector (CoMed) System for Yeasts.- Advances in Gene Expression in Non-Conventional Yeasts.- A Comparative Study of RNA Polymerase II Transcription Machinery in Yeasts.- Non-Genetic Engineering Approaches for Isolating and Generating Novel Yeasts for Industrial Applications.- Yeast Proteome Analysis.- Yeast Genomics for Bread, Beer, Biology, Bucks and Breath.- Biotechnology Applications.- Ethanol Production from Traditional and Emerging Raw Materials.- Potentiality of Yeasts in the Direct Conversion of Starchy Materials to Ethanol and Its Relevance in the New Millennium.- Thermotolerant Yeasts for Bioethanol Production Using Lignocellulosic Substrates.- Applications of the Non-Conventional Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica.- Arxula adeninivorans (Blastobotrys adeninivorans) — A Dimorphic Yeast of Great Biotechnological Potential.- Biotechnological Applications of Dimorphic Yeasts.-Extracellular Polysaccharides Produced by Yeasts and Yeast-Like Fungi.- Industrially Important Carbohydrate Degrading Enzymes from Yeasts: Pectinases, Chitinases, and ?-1,3-Glucanases.- Yeast Acid Phosphatases and Phytases: Production, Characterization and Commercial Prospects.- Nitrile Metabolizing Yeasts.

From the reviews: "This book updates the knowledge on yeast research and applications accumulated over the last twenty years using the expertise of the various experts in this field. ... The editors and authors have produced an excellent up-to date book that will be extremely useful for graduate and post-graduate students, young and senior researchers of life sciences ... . should be on the shelves of libraries at universities, research institutes and industry, and is also to be recommended to all those who are interested in life sciences." (Uta Breuer, Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 5, 2010)