learn more, we refer to The Mycota Volume XIII—Fungal Genomics, in which an
excellent overview about the many facets of this topic can be found.
In Part II, Chaps. 10–14 highlight recent progress and future prospects in the
development of molecular tools and synthetic biology for the engineering and
optimization of microbial cell factories. This includes both yeasts and filamentous
fungi used for the production of recombinant proteins, fatty acids, and secondary
metabolites. Chapter 15 contains a comprehensive review on the current state of
our understanding regarding wood-degrading fungi, while the remaining chapters cover the applied aspects and future potentials of less well-studied fungi, such
as from the marine environment or the anaerobic digestive tracts of ruminants
(Chaps. 16 and 17).
We sincerely thank all authors for their great contributions. We are well
aware that the writing of a book chapter requires an enormous amount of work
that is often perceived as non-rewarding without the benefits of an open-access
publication. While hoping that open access will become the standard also for
book chapters in the near future, this was not possible for this volume, which we
regret as editors. However, we are therefore even more grateful for the personal
engagement and cooperativity that we experienced from the authors, which
allowed us to compile this exciting new edition nevertheless.
We would furthermore like to thank Louise Glass (UC Berkeley) for her
assistance during the editing process as well as all the reviewers who helped us
to give constructive feedback to the chapters and thereby improve the book.
Unfortunately, this volume will be the last to be published by Karl Esser as the
series editor. He passed away just shortly before all manuscripts could be finalized. However, he still managed to personally revise the vast majority of the
chapters in this edition, and we are thankful for his motivation and support all
along the process—this book has benefited tremendously from his experience
and his passion for fungal biology.
Freising, Germany
J. Philipp Benz
Du ¨sseldorf, Germany
Kerstin Schipper
Volume Editors
April 2020
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Volume Preface to the Third Edition
excellent overview about the many facets of this topic can be found.
In Part II, Chaps. 10–14 highlight recent progress and future prospects in the
development of molecular tools and synthetic biology for the engineering and
optimization of microbial cell factories. This includes both yeasts and filamentous
fungi used for the production of recombinant proteins, fatty acids, and secondary
metabolites. Chapter 15 contains a comprehensive review on the current state of
our understanding regarding wood-degrading fungi, while the remaining chapters cover the applied aspects and future potentials of less well-studied fungi, such
as from the marine environment or the anaerobic digestive tracts of ruminants
(Chaps. 16 and 17).
We sincerely thank all authors for their great contributions. We are well
aware that the writing of a book chapter requires an enormous amount of work
that is often perceived as non-rewarding without the benefits of an open-access
publication. While hoping that open access will become the standard also for
book chapters in the near future, this was not possible for this volume, which we
regret as editors. However, we are therefore even more grateful for the personal
engagement and cooperativity that we experienced from the authors, which
allowed us to compile this exciting new edition nevertheless.
We would furthermore like to thank Louise Glass (UC Berkeley) for her
assistance during the editing process as well as all the reviewers who helped us
to give constructive feedback to the chapters and thereby improve the book.
Unfortunately, this volume will be the last to be published by Karl Esser as the
series editor. He passed away just shortly before all manuscripts could be finalized. However, he still managed to personally revise the vast majority of the
chapters in this edition, and we are thankful for his motivation and support all
along the process—this book has benefited tremendously from his experience
and his passion for fungal biology.
Freising, Germany
J. Philipp Benz
Du ¨sseldorf, Germany
Kerstin Schipper
Volume Editors
April 2020
x
Volume Preface to the Third Edition