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Origin, Definition, Scope and Area, Subject Matter, Importance, and History of Development of Pharmacognosy
The term ‘pharmacognosy’ was derived by the merger of two Greek words (e.g., pharmakon—drug and gnosis—knowledge of) to mean the knowledge of drugs....
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Deciphering the olfactory repertoire of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus
BackgroundThe Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is a highly invasive species and competent vector of several arboviruses (e.g. dengue,...
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Challenges and Future Perspectives in the Systematics of Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina
This review presents a phylogenetically based classification of four subphyla of the early-diverging fungi: Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina,...
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8 The Role of Herbaria and Culture Collections
The introduction to this chapter explains the role of fungal herbaria and culture collections as sources of reference material for scientists...
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Biodiversity and taxonomy of the pleomorphic genus Alternaria
The genus Alternaria , alternarioid hyphomycetes, comprise a biologically, ecologically, and morphologically rich group of fungi that has suffered...
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Overview of Stachybotrys (Memnoniella) and current species status
Stachybotrys (asexual Hypocreales) has a worldwide distribution. This genus inhabits substrates rich in cellulose and is closely related to Memnoniella ...
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A search for antiplasmodial metabolites among fungal endophytes of terrestrial and marine plants of southern India
Eighty four different fungal endophytes isolated from sea grasses (5), marine algae (36) and leaves or barks of forest trees (43) were grown in vitro ...
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The Genera of Fungi: fixing the application of type species of generic names
To ensure a stable platform for fungal taxonomy, it is of paramount importance that the genetic application of generic names be based on their DNA...
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Research on Plant Pathogenic Fungi in the Genomics Era: From Sequence Analysis to Systems Biology
Recent years have seen the development of a variety of so-called “next-generation” sequencing platforms, with several others anticipated to become...
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Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) in Anatomic Pathology Discovery and Practice
Next-generation sequencing (NGS), also known as massively parallel sequencing (MPS), is a family of emerging and powerful technologies that generate...
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8 Zygomycetous Fungi: Phylum Entomophthoromycota and Subphyla Kickxellomycotina, Mortierellomycotina, Mucoromycotina, and Zoopagomycotina
In this chapter, the zygomycotan fungi are discussed and some information is provided on their occurrence, distribution, and economic importance. The...
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Accessing Accessions: Biobanks and Benefit-Sharing
The ability to access the materials and data in biobanks is vital to many areas of research. This paper reports a survey of a sample of biobanks...
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Taxonomy and Biodiversity of Sourdough Yeasts and Lactic Acid Bacteria
This chapter describes the taxonomy and biodiversity of yeasts and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from sourdoughs collected around the world....