Books in the Marine Molecular Biotechnology series

Sponges (phylum Porifera) are known to be very rich sources for bioactive compounds, mainly secondary metabolites. Main efforts are devoted to cell- and mariculture of sponges to assure a sustainable exploitation of bioactive compounds from biological starting material.

This book describes the discovery of molecules from unexploited extreme marine environments, and presents new approaches in marine genomics.

This book describes the discovery of molecules from unexploited extreme marine environments, and presents new approaches in marine genomics.

The latest information on topics including molecular taxonomy and phylogeny, ecology of fungi in different marine habitats such as deep sea, corals, dead- sea, fungi in extreme marine environments and their biotechnological applications is reviewed.