Cold-adapted Yeasts [electronic resource] : Biodiversity, Adaptation Strategies and Biotechnological Significance /
Buzzini, Pietro.editor.
Margesin, Rosa.editor.
Yeasts are a versatile group of eukaryotic microorganisms, exhibiting heterogeneous nutritional profiles and an extraordinary ability to survive in a wide range of natural and man-associated ecosystems, including cold habitats. Cold-adapted yeasts inhabit numerous low-temperature environments where they are subjected to seasonal or permanent cold conditions. Hence, they have evolved a number of adaptation strategies with regard to growth and reproduction, metabolic activities, survival and protection. Due to their distinctive ability to thrive successfully at low and even subzero temperatures, cold-adapted yeasts are increasingly attracting attention in basic science and industry for their enormous biotechnological potential. This book presents our current understanding of the diversity and ecology of cold-adapted yeasts in worldwide cold ecosystems, their adaptation strategies, and their biotechnological significance. Special emphasis is placed on the exploitation of cold-adapted yeasts as a source of cold-active enzymes and biopolymers, as well as their benefits for food microbiology, bioremediation and biocontrol. Further, aspects of food biodeterioration are considered.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Cold-Adapted Yeasts: a Lesson from the Cold and a Challenge for the XXI Century -- Methods for the Isolation and Investigation of the Diversity of Cold-Adapted Yeasts and their ex situ Preservation in Worldwide Collections -- Cold-Adapted Yeasts in Arctic Habitats -- Cold-Adapted Yeasts in Antarctic Deserts -- Cold-adapted yeasts in Alpine and Apennine glaciers -- Cold-Adapted Yeasts in Patagonian Habitats -- Cold-Adapted Yeasts in Deep-Sea Environments  -- Black Yeasts in Cold Habitats -- Production of Pigments and Photo-Protective Compounds by Cold-Adapted Yeasts -- Changes in Lipids Composition and Fluidity of Yeast Plasma Membrane as Response to Cold -- Cold-Shock Response and Adaptation to Near-Freezing Temperature in Cold-Adapted Yeasts -- Production of Antifreeze Proteins by Cold-Adapted Yeasts -- Role of Sterol Metabolism and Endoplasmic-Reticulum-Associated Degradation (ERAD) of Proteins in Cold Adaptation of Yeasts -- Subzero Activity of Cold-Adapted Yeasts -- Fundamentals of Cold-Active Enzymes -- Cold-Active Yeast Lipases: Recent Issues and Future Prospects -- Miscellaneous Cold-Active Yeast Enzymes of Industrial Importance -- Production of Polymers and other Compounds of Industrial Importance by Cold-Adapted Yeasts -- Low-Temperature Production of Wine, Beer and Distillates using Cold-Adapted Yeasts -- Cold-Adapted Yeasts as Biocontrol Agents: Biodiversity, Adaptation Strategies and Biocontrol Potential -- Bioremediation and Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons by Cold-Adapted Yeasts -- Heterologous Expression of Proteins from Cold-Adapted Yeasts in Suitable Hosts: Methods and Applications -- Food Spoilage by Cold-adapted Yeasts.
Yeasts are a versatile group of eukaryotic microorganisms, exhibiting heterogeneous nutritional profiles and an extraordinary ability to survive in a wide range of natural and man-associated ecosystems, including cold habitats. Cold-adapted yeasts inhabit numerous low-temperature environments where they are subjected to seasonal or permanent cold conditions. Hence, they have evolved a number of adaptation strategies with regard to growth and reproduction, metabolic activities, survival and protection. Due to their distinctive ability to thrive successfully at low and even subzero temperatures, cold-adapted yeasts are increasingly attracting attention in basic science and industry for their enormous biotechnological potential. This book presents our current understanding of the diversity and ecology of cold-adapted yeasts in worldwide cold ecosystems, their adaptation strategies, and their biotechnological significance. Special emphasis is placed on the exploitation of cold-adapted yeasts as a source of cold-active enzymes and biopolymers, as well as their benefits for food microbiology, bioremediation and biocontrol. Further, aspects of food biodeterioration are considered.
Microbiology.
Microbial ecology.
Enzymology.
Microbiology.
Microbial Ecology.
Applied Microbiology.
Enzymology.