Myxomycetes
Biology, Systematics, Biogeography and Ecology
- 1st Edition - August 2, 2017
- Editors: Carlos Rojas, Steven L. Stephenson
- Language: English
Myxomycetes: Biology, Systematics, Biogeography, and Ecology is a comprehensive overview of the body of accumulated knowledge that now exists on myxomycetes. Its broad scope tak… Read more
Description
Description
Myxomycetes: Biology, Systematics, Biogeography, and Ecology is a comprehensive overview of the body of accumulated knowledge that now exists on myxomycetes. Its broad scope takes an integrated approach to the knowledge of this organismal group, considering a number of important aspects of their genetics and molecular phylogeny. It also treats myxomycetes as a distinct group from fungi, and includes molecular information that discusses the systematics and evolutionary pathways of the group. Additionally, biomedical and engineering applicability is discussed, thus expanding the audience and use of the book in a multidisciplinary context.
The book provides an authoritative resource for students, researchers and educators interested in the fields of protistology, microbial ecology, molecular microbiology, biogeography, mycology, biodiversity, and evolutionary biology, and will also interest the amateur naturalist and biologist.
Key features
Key features
- Written in a simple, concise, and relatively non-technical style, allowing for a broad readership within biological, environmental and life science programs at academic and research institutions
- Contains the comprehensive body of information available on myxomycetes under one cover, with contributions from the leading authorities in their respective topics
- Provides straightforward, compiled information about myxomycetes and the potential of this group for basic and applied research
Readership
Readership
Researchers, students and academics working or studying in the areas of biology, ecology, biodiversity, microbiology, comparative molecular biology, environmental science
Table of contents
Table of contents
Introduction –Steven L. Stephenson & Carlos Rojas (Senior Author Email: [email protected])
Chapter 1. The myxomycetes
Harold Keller, Sidney Everhart & Courtney M. Kilgore
Chapter 2. Historical and study of myxomycetes
Bruce Ing & Steven L. Stephenson
Chapter 3. Phylogeny and evolution
Dmitry Leontiev & Martin Schnittler
Chapter 4. Cell and Molecular Biology of Myxomycetes
Dennis Miller
Chapter 5. Molecular Techniques and Current Research Approaches
Margaret Silliker, Thomas Hoppe & Laura Walker
Chapter 6. Biochemistry and Physiology
Pu Liu, Qi Wang & Yu Li
Chapter 7. Taxonomy and systematics
Carlos Lado & Uno Eliasson
Chapter 8. Ecology and distribution
Yura Novozhilov & Adam W. Rollins
Chapter 9. Biogeographical patterns
Martin Schnittler & Yura Novozhilov
Chapter 10. Recording and isolation techniques
Diana Wrigley de Basanta & Arturo Estrada-Torres
Chapter 11. Uses and potential
Hanh Tran, Andrew Adamatzky & Thida Win Ko Ko
Chapter 12. Myxomycetes in education
Katherine Winsett, Diana Wrigley de Basanta & Thomas de la Cruz
Chapter 13. Myxomycete research in the XXI Century
Carlos Rojas & Tatyana Krivomaz
Review quotes
Review quotes
"This book opens with an introduction to the basic biology of myxomycetes, with striking images of their morphology. The following chapter, on the history of myxomycete study, is fascinating - it is extremely rare to find this information compiled in a single place."—The Quarterly Review of Biology
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 3, 2017
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
CR
Carlos Rojas
SS
Steven L. Stephenson
Dr. Steve Stephenson retired from the University of Arkansas in 2023. He received his B.S. in biology from the University of Lynchburg and both an M.S and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech. He was on the faculty of Fairmont State College (now University) for 27 years before moving to the University of Arkansas in 2003. During his academic career, he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at Himachal University in India in 1987, a Visiting Scientist at the Australian Antarctic Division in 1995, and the William Evans Visiting Fellow at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) in 2003. He is the author or coauthor of 20 books and more than 530 book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals. Among his recent books are Myxomycetes: Biology, Systematics, Biogeography, and Ecology (2017, 2021). Mushrooms of the Southeastern United States (2018), and Secretive Slime Moulds: Myxomycetes of Australia (2021).