Filamentous Fungi

by D. L. Hawksworth, B. E. Kirsop, S. C. Jong, J. I. Pitt, R. A. Samson

Overview

This book presents data on the use and location of filamentous fungi for biotechnologists. The addresses and scope of all of the major fungi-holding collections are detailed, together with information on how to access the data, administration and safety, identification, culture and media recipes, patents, preservation, specialist services, and other international organisations. The authors are all international authorities who have combined with the resource centers to provide this unique source book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521352260
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/22/1988
Series:	Living Resources for Biotechnology
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.79(d)

Table of Contents

Contributors; Series introduction; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Resource centres D. L. Hawksworth; 2. Information resources M. I. Krichevsky, B.-O. Fabricius and H. Sugawara; 3. Administration and safety D. L. Hawksworth and K. Allner; 4. Culture and preservation D. Smith; 5. Identification D. L. Hawksworth; 6. Patent protection for biotechnological inventions I. J. Bousfield; 7. Culture collection services D. Allsopp and F. P. Simione; 8. Organisation of resource centres B. E. Kirsop and E. J. DaSilva; Appendix: media A. H. S. Onions and J. I. Pitt; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The in-depth discussion of the existence and workings of culture collections makes this book unique and invaluable, and one can recommend it for any biology collection." Choice

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