Nematode-Trapping Fungi

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zhang, Ke-Qin (Editor), Hyde, Kevin D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Fungal Diversity Research Series, 23
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Microbial ecology.; Molecular ecology.; Evolutionary biology.; Mycology.; Ecotoxicology.; Life Sciences.; Evolutionary Biology.; Molecular Ecology.; Microbial Ecology.

These chapters provide up-to-date information on nematophagous fungi, particularly those of the Orbiliaceae in Ascomycota, whose asexual states produce nematode-trapping devices. The authors consider fungal-nematode interactions, fossil fungi, the biodiversity, ecology and geographical distribution...