First book on communicative competencies of fungal organisms

Without communication no coordination of growth and development

This book orientates further research on this topic

Preface.- Introduction: Keylevels of Biocommunication in Fungi.- 1. Intraorganismic Communication.- 1. G protein Signaling Components in Filamentous Fungal Genomes.- 2. The Glycogen Metabolism Regulation in Neurospora.- 3. Epigenetic Regulation of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Genes in Fungi.- 4. Genes from Double-Stranded RNA Viruses in the Nuclear Genomes of Fungi.- 5. Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating Switching, Mating and Biofilm Formation in Candida albicans and Related Species.- 6. Cell-to-cell Communication in the Tip Growth of Mycelial Fungi.- 7. Programmed Cell Death and Heterokaryon Incompatibility in Filamentous Fungi.- 2. Interorganismic Communication.- 8. Communication and differentiation in the development of yeast colonies.- 9. Hyphal Interference: self versus non-self fungal recognition and hyphal death.- 10. Sexual Pheromones in the Fungi.- 11. Thoughts on Quorum Sensing and Fungal Dimorphism.- 3. Transorganismic Communication.- 12. Metabolite-Mediated Interactions between Bacteria and Fungi.- 13. Viruses, Fungi and Plants: Cross-kingdom Communication and Mutualism.- 14. Communication between plant, ectomycorrhizal fungi and helper bacteria.- 15. Lipid-mediated Signaling between Fungi and Plants.- 16. Fungus development and reactive oxygen. hytopathological aspects.- 17. Oxidative stress and oxylipins in plant-fungus interaction.- 18. Oxylipins in Fungal-Mammalian Interactions.- 19. Chemical Signals that Mediate Insect-Fungal Interactions.-Index.