Fungal Walls and Hyphal Growth
Symposium of The British Mycological Society Held at Queen Elizabeth College London, April 1978

This 1979 symposium volume charts a number of significant advances in our knowledge of the cytology, physiology and biochemistry of the growth of mould hyphae.

J. H. Burnett (Edited by), A. P. J. Trinci (Edited by)

9780521279192, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 9 June 2011

430 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.63 kg

This 1979 book charts a number of significant advances in our knowledge of the cytology, physiology and biochemistry of the growth of mould hyphae. It is a symposium volume, which includes contributions from leading research workers in the field. The articles concentrate on the detained investigations of a number of well known fungi, including Aspergillus, Neurospora, Mucor, Schizophyllum, Coprinus and Saccharomyces. Not only will it be of great interest to graduate students and research workers in these areas but also to geneticists and developmental biologists concerned with growth processes, especially since a number of these fungi were often employed in such studies.

List of contributors
Preface
1. Aspects of structure and growth of hyphal walls J. H. Burnett
2. Wall structure and growth in Schizophyllum commune J. G. H. Wessels and J. H. Sietsma
3. Wall biogenesis by protoplasts J. F. Peberdy
4. The use of temperature-sensitive mutants to study wall growth B. W. Bainbridge, B. P. Valentine and P. Markham
5. Growth of rhizomorphs, mycelial strands, coremia and sclerotia S. C. Watkinson
6. Wall growth during sporal differentiation and germination R. Marchant
7. Chitosomes and chitin synthesis S. Bartnicki-Garcia, J. Ruiz-Herrera and C. E. Bracker
8. Chitin and its degradation J. L. Stirling, G. A. Cook and A. M. S. Pope
9. Localized activation of chitin synthesase in the initiation of yeast septum formation E. Cahib, A. Duran and B. Bowers
10. Chitin synthesis and differentiation in Coprinus cinereus G. W. Gooday
11. Glucanases, glucan synthases and wall growth in Saprolegnia monoica M. Fèvre
12. Endogenous lytic enzymes and wall metabolism R. F. Rosenberger
13. Membrane transport and hyphal growth D. H. Jennings
14. Regulation of macromolecular composition during growth of Neurospora crassa L. Alberghina, E. Sturani, M. G. Constanti, E. Martegani and R. Zippel
15. The duplication cycle and branching in fungi A. P. J. Trinci
16. Mathematical modelling of mycelial growth J. I. Prosser
17. The kinetics of mycelial growth R. C. Righelato
Index of specific names
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Microbiology [non-medical PSG]