Yeast Biotechnology: Diversity and Applications

I. Diversity and Biology

1. Antarctic Yeasts: Biodiversity and Potential Applications
S. Shivaji, G. S. Prasad

2. Basidiomycetous Yeasts: Current Status
Devendra K. Choudhary, Bhavdish N. Johri

3.
Hansenula polymorpha (Pichia angusta): Biology and Applications
Gotthard Kunze, Hyun Ah Kang, Gerd Gellissen

4.
Debaryomyces hansenii: An Osmotolerant and Halotolerant Yeast
Monika Aggarwal, Alok K. Mondal

5.
Candida famata (Debaryomyces hansenii)

Andriy A. Sibirny, Andriy Y. Voronovsky

6.
Pichia guilliermondii

Andriy A. Sibirny, Yuriy R. Boretsky

7. Assimilation of Unusual Carbon Compounds
Wouter J. Middelhoven

8. Ecology and Biodiversity of Yeasts with Potential Value in Biotechnology
T. Deak

9. Yeasts Diversity in Fermented Foods and Beverages
Jyoti Prakash Tamang, Graham H. Fleet

10. Utilization of Yeasts in Biological Control Programs
R. S. Pimenta, P. B. Morais, C. A. Rosa, A. Corrêa

11. Opportunistic Pathogenic Yeasts
Uma Banerjee

12. Interaction Between Yeasts and Zinc
Raffaele De Nicola, Graeme Walker

13. Glutathione Production in Yeast
Anand K. Bachhawat, Dwaipayan Ganguli, Jaspreet Kaur, Neha Kasturia, Anil Thakur, Hardeep Kaur, Akhilesh Kumar, Amit Yadav

14. The Fermentative and Aromatic Ability of Kloeckera and Hanseniaspora Yeasts
Dulce M. Díaz-Montaño, J. Córdova

15. Assimilatory Nitrate Reduction in Hansenula polymorpha

Beatrice Rossi, Enrico Berardi

II. Genetic and Molecular Insights

16. Yeast Genetics and Biotechnological Applications
Saroj Mishra, Richa Baranwal

17. A Wide-Range Integrative Expression Vector (CoMed) System for Yeasts
Gerhard Steinborn, Gotthard Kunze, Gerd Gellissen

18. Advances in Gene Expression in Non-Conventional Yeasts
Sanet Nel, Michel Labuschagne, Jacobus Albertyn

19. A Comparative Study of RNA Polymerase II Transcription Machinery in Yeasts
Nimisha Sharma, Surbhi Mehta

20. Non-Genetic Engineering Approaches for Isolating and Generating Novel Yeasts for Industrial Applications
P. J. Chambers, J. R. Bellon, S. A. Schmidt, C. Varela, I. S. Pretorius

21. Yeast Proteome Analysis
Andrea Matros, Hans-Peter Mock

22. Yeast Genomics for Bread, Beer, Biology, Bucks and Breath
Kishore R. Sakharkar, Meena K. Sakharkar

III. Biotechnology Applications

23. Ethanol Production from Traditional and Emerging Raw Materials
Andreas Rudolf, Kaisa Karhumaa, Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal

24. Potentiality of Yeasts in the Direct Conversion of Starchy Materials to Ethanol and Its Relevance in the New Millennium
L. V. A. Reddy, O. V. S. Reddy, S. C. Basappa

25. Thermotolerant Yeasts for Bioethanol Production Using Lignocellulosic Substrates
Chand Pasha, L. Venkateswar Rao

26. Applications of the Non-Conventional Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica

France Thevenieau, Jean-Marc Nicaud, Claude Gaillardin

27.
Arxula adeninivorans (Blastobotrys adeninivorans) — A Dimorphic Yeast of Great Biotechnological Potential
Erik Böer, Gerhard Steinborn, Kristina Florschütz, Martina Körner, Gerd Gellissen, Gotthard Kunze

28. Biotechnological Applications of Dimorphic Yeasts
N. Doiphode, C. Joshi, V. Ghormade, M.V. Deshpande

29. Extracellular Polysaccharides Produced by Yeasts and Yeast-Like Fungi
Inge N. A. Bogaert, Sofie L. Maeseneire, Erick J. Vandamme

30. Industrially Important Carbohydrate Degrading Enzymes from Yeasts: Pectinases, Chitinases, and ?-1,3-Glucanases
Sathyanarayana N. Gummadi, D. Sunil Kumar, Swati S. Dash, Santosh Kumar Sahu

31. Yeast Acid Phosphatases and Phytases: Production, Characterization and Commercial Prospects
Parvinder Kaur, T. Satyanarayana

32. Nitrile Metabolizing Yeasts
Tek Chand Bhalla, Monica Sharma, Nitya Nand Sharma

Keywords: Chemistry, Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Microbiology