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Fungal Biology Diane Purchase Editor Fungal Applications in Sustainable Environmental Biotechnology Fungal Biology Series Editors Vijai Kumar Gupta, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Maria G. Tuohy, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland About the Series Fungalbiologyhasanintegralroletoplayinthedevelopmentofthebiotechnology and biomedical sectors. It has become a subject of increasing importance as new fungi and their associated biomolecules are identified. The interaction between fungi and their environment is central to many natural processes that occur in the biosphere. The hosts and habitats of these eukaryotic microorganisms are very diverse;fungiarepresentineveryecosystemonearth.Thefungalkingdomisequally diverseconsistingofsevendifferentknownphyla.Yetdetailedknowledgeislimited to relatively few species. The relationship between fungi and humans has been characterized by the juxtaposed viewpoints of fungi as infectious agents of much dread and their exploitation as highly versatile systems for a range of eco- nomically important biotechnological applications. Understanding the biology of different fungi in diverse ecosystems as well as their interactions with living and nonliving is essential to underpin effective and innovative technological develop- ments.Thisserieswillprovideadetailedcompendiumofmethodsandinformation usedtoinvestigatedifferentaspectsofmycology,includingfungalbiologyandbio- chemistry, genetics, phylogenetics, genomics, proteomics, molecular enzymology, andbiotechnologicalapplicationsinamannerthatreflectsthemanyrecentdevelop- ments of relevance to researchers and scientists investigating the Kingdom Fungi. RapidscreeningtechniquesbasedonscreeningspecificregionsintheDNAoffungi havebeenusedinspeciescomparisonandidentification,andarenowbeingextended across fungal phyla. The majorities of fungi are multicellular eukaryotic systems and, therefore, may be excellent model systems by which to answer fundamental biological questions. A greater understanding of the cell biology of these versatile eukaryoteswillunderpineffortstoengineercertainfungalspeciestoprovidenovel cell factories for production of proteins for pharmaceutical applications. Renewed interestinallaspectsofthebiologyandbiotechnologyoffungimayalsoenablethe developmentof“onepot”microbialcellfactoriestomeetconsumerenergyneedsin the 21st century. To realize this potential and to truly understand the diversity and biology of these eukaryotes, continued development of scientific tools and tech- niques is essential. As a professional reference, the Fungal Biology Series will be very helpful to all people who work with fungi and useful both to academic institutionsandresearchteams,aswellastoteachers,andgraduateandpostgraduate studentswithitsinformationonthecontinuousdevelopmentsinfungalbiologywith thepublicationofeachvolume. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11224 Diane Purchase Editor Fungal Applications in Sustainable Environmental Biotechnology 123 Editor Diane Purchase Faculty of Science andTechnology, Departmentof NaturalSciences Middlesex University London UK ISSN 2198-7777 ISSN 2198-7785 (electronic) FungalBiology ISBN978-3-319-42850-5 ISBN978-3-319-42852-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-42852-9 LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2016945785 ©SpringerInternationalPublishingSwitzerland2016 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpart of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission orinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilar methodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped. 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Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbySpringerNature TheregisteredcompanyisSpringerInternationalPublishingAGSwitzerland Preface Inthe21stcentury,Ithinktheheroeswillbethepeoplewhowillimprovethequalityof life,fightpovertyandintroducemoresustainability. —BertrandPiccard,solarairplane‘SolarImpulse’pilot Withfiniteresourcesandthepressureofthegrowingglobalpopulation,weneeda plantostimulateactioninareasofcriticalimportanceforhumanityandtheplanet. In September 2015, the United Nations adopted an aspirational set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals with 169 targets to tackle these challenges; the ‘Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ (also known as the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG) was launched. As fungal biotechnologists,our researchhas directapplicationsthat contributetowards many of these goals. Fungi are an extremely diverse, versatile and robust group of organisms with complex interactions within the ecosystem. For instance, whilst they can cause devastatingandcostlydamagetotheirhostsaspathogens,theirhostspecificitycan beharnessedtoprovideasustainablesolutionforbiologicalpestcontrol.Thisbook aims to provide a timely examination of fungal biotechnology and its potential applications. The collection presented herein includes outstanding research reports and reviews drawing on international expertise to elucidate key cross-disciplinary advances in environmental fungal biotechnology. Without doubt fungi offer numerous applications in sustainable environmental biotechnology, however, many of the processes still have not found industrial applications or received the attention they deserve. It is clear that despite the advances, more research is required to realise the potential of sustainable fungal environmentalbiotechnology.Isincerelyhopethisbookcontributestothebodyof knowledge of sustainable biotechnological applications of fungi and serves as a usefulreferenceforany‘hero’whoworkswiththisfascinatinggroupoforganisms to improve the welfare of our planet and mankind. London, UK Diane Purchase v Acknowledgements This book would not be possible without the contributions of our group of experts who donated time from their incredibly busy schedules to compose its chapters. Their collective knowledge affords us a glimpse into their research, the incredible workings of fungi and how they can be applied to provide sustainable environ- mental solutions. To all of our experts: I really appreciate the discussions we have had and the opportunities to exchange knowledge. It has been a pleasure working with you all. I would like to thank Eric Stannard and Brian Halm at Springer-Nature for all their professional advice and assistance. My heartfelt appreciation to my family, who are always there for me. Final and special thanks to Thomas W.K. Young Ph.D., my mentor, who first opened the door to the Fifth Kingdom all those years ago. vii Contents Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Introduction Diane Purchase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Part I Fungal Biotechnology in Agriculture and Their Potential Contributions Towards Food Security 1 Fungi in Composting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Christopher Wright, Andrii P. Gryganskyi and Gregory Bonito 2 The Genetic Basis of Abiotic Stress Resistance in Extremophilic Fungi: The Genes Cloning and Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Shi-Hong Zhang 3 Fungi as an Alternative to Agrochemicals to Control Plant Diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Alexander O. Emoghene and Anthony E. Futughe Part II Providing Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Solutions to Treat Wastewater 4 Application of Biosorption and Biodegradation Functions of Fungi in Wastewater and Sludge Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Tao Lu, Qi-Lei Zhang and Shan-Jing Yao 5 Potential of White-Rot Fungi to Treat Xenobiotic-Containing Wastewater. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Susana Rodríguez-Couto 6 Fungal Bioremediation of Emerging Micropollutants in Municipal Wastewaters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Federica Spina and Giovanna Cristina Varese ix x Contents 7 Application of Microalgae and Fungal-Microalgal Associations for Wastewater Treatment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Ewere Job Egede, Huw Jones, Bryan Cook, Diane Purchase and Aidyn Mouradov Part III Mycoremediation: Fungi as Prolific Degraders to Control Waste and Reduce Pollution 8 Mycoremediation of Organic Pollutants: Principles, Opportunities, and Pitfalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Stephano Covino, Tatiana Stella and Tomáš Cajthaml 9 White and Brown Rot Fungi as Decomposers of Lignocellulosic Materials and Their Role in Waste and Pollution Control . . . . . . . 233 Tripti Singh and Adya P. Singh 10 Mycoremediation of Heavy Metal/Metalloid-Contaminated Soil: Current Understanding and Future Prospects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Wai Kit Chan,Drik Wildeboer,Hemda GarelickandDianePurchase Part IV Biotechnology to Reduce Reliance on Fossil Fuels: From Biomass to Biofuel 11 Fungi in Consolidated Bioprocessing of Lignocellulosic Materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Anastasia P. Galanopoulou and Dimitris G. Hatzinikolaou 12 Fungal Enzymes and Their Role in Bioenergy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Cristiane Sanchez Farinas and Fernanda Marisa da Cunha Part V Fungi as Biofactories and Other Biotechnological Applications 13 Fungal Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles, a Cleaner Alternative . . . . . 323 Ernestina Castro-Longoria 14 Unraveling the Chemical Interactions of Fungal Endophytes for Exploitation as Microbial Factories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Wen-Xuan Wang, Souvik Kusari and Michael Spiteller 15 Geomycology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Geoffrey Michael Gadd Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Contributors Gregory Bonito Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA TomášCajthaml InstituteforEnvironmentalStudies,FacultyofScience,Charles University in Prague, Prague 2, Czech Republic; Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic V.V.I., Prague 4, Czech Republic Ernestina Castro-Longoria Department of Microbiology, Center for Scientific ResearchandHigherEducationofEnsenada(CICESE),Ensenada,BajaCalifornia, Mexico Wai Kit Chan Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK Bryan Cook School of Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia Stefano Covino Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague 2, Czech Republic; Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic V.V.I., Prague 4, Czech Republic Fernanda Marisa da Cunha Embrapa Instrumentation, São Carlos, SP, Brazil Ewere Job Egede Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK Alexander O.Emoghene Department ofMicrobiology, Faculty ofLife Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria Cristiane Sanchez Farinas Embrapa Instrumentation, São Carlos, SP, Brazil; GraduateProgramofChemicalEngineering,FederalUniversityofSãoCarlos,São Carlos, SP, Brazil Anthony E. Futughe Department of Natural Sciences, School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK xi
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