Biodiversity fungal

Mapari, S.A.A. et ah. Exploring fungal biodiversity for the production of water-soluble pigments as potential natural food colorants, Curr. Opin. Biotechnol, 16, 231, 2005. 

Mapari, S. A.S. et al., Exploring fungal biodiversity for the production of water-soluble pigments as potential natural food colorants, Curr. Opin. BiotechnoL, 16, 231, 2005. Dufosse, L., Mabon, R, and Binet, A., Assessment of the coloring strength of Brevi-bacterium linens strains spectrocolorimetry versus total carotenoid extraction/quan-tification, J. Dairy ScL, 84, 354, 2001. 

Strobel GA, Hess WM, Ford E, Sidhu RS, Yang X, Taxol from fungal endophytes and the issue of biodiversity, J Industrial Microbiol 17 417-423, 1996. 

Van der Heijden, M. G. A., Klironomos, J. N., Ursic, M. et al. (1998). Mycorrhizal fungal diversity determines plant biodiversity, ecosystem variability and productivity. Nature, 396, 69-72. 

Zak, J. C. Visser, S. (1996). An appraisal of soil fungal biodiversity the crossroads between taxonomic and functional biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation, 5, 169-83. 

Hawksworth DL The fungal dimension of biodiversity Magnitude, significance, and conservation. Mycol Res 1991 95 641-655. 

Sterflinger K, Prillinger H Molecular taxonomy and biodiversity of rock fungal communities in an urban environment (Vienna, Austria). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2001 80 275-286. 

Fungi are the second largest group of eukaryotic organisms and rank second only to the insects in estimated species biodiversity. There are approximately 72,000 recognised species of fungi of an estimated 1-1.5 million in total. This means that <5% of fungal species have been described to date. 

Biodiversity New Leads for the Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical Industries reviews and discusses aspects of modern natural products research. The central theme of many articles is the sustainable use of global biodiversity. Microbial, plant and marine products are presented as the sources of new drugs, including anti-fungal products, antibiotics, anti-cancer agents and animal health products. There is also coverage of the biosynthesis of polyketides and the chemical synthesis of natural products and their derivatives. 

Evans HC, Frohlich J, Shamoun SF. Biological control of weeds. In Pointing SB, Hyde KD, eds. Bio-Exploitation of Filamentous Fungi. Hong Kong Fungal Biodiversity Press, 2001, pp 349-401. 

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