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abscisic acid 148

acervulus 39

acetyl-coenzyme A

as a central metabolite 123– 6

glyoxylate cycle 128

isoprenoid pathway 136

polyketide pathway 133 , 134

role in β-oxidation 127– 8

N-acetylglucosamine

chitosomes 59–60

substrate for chitin synthesis 55 ,

67, 71, 131

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 71

acrasid slime moulds 16 , 41, 43

actin/F-actin 17, 49, 52 , 62, 64 , 70,

72, 73, 77– 8, 97

aecia, aeciospores 304 –5

aerobes – facultative/obligate 148

aerobic/anaerobic respiration 148,

149

aflatoxins 1, 9, 40, 122, 132, 133,

134, 137, 138 –9

aging – mitochondrial role in 158,

161

AIDS 2, 7, 178, 322 et seq.

airborne spores/dispersal 190 –1,

203– 8

air-sampling devices 208 –11

alamethicine 240

alcoholic drinks/ethanol 10, 12, 81,

96, 126

α-amylase 13, 14

alveolitis, acute allergic 211

amatoxins 136

α-amino adipic acid – lysine

biosynthesis 6 , 131–2

6-aminopenicillanic acid 136

amphotericin B 351–2

ampicillin seeantibiotics: penicillins

anamorphs 39

anaplerotic reactions 127

anastomosis

chestnut blight 175– 6

hyphal fusions 52–3, 94 –5, 162,

164, 165–7

Anderson spore sampler 209–11

aneuploidy 168

antheridiol 104

antheridium 41–2

antibiotics

βlactams 12–13

cephalosporins 12–13, 132

in commercial biocontrol 241,

349–50

in defense of territory 114 –15

griseofulvin 350

and human mycoses 350 –2

from insect-pathogenic fungi 40

in Japanese agriculture 348 –9

patulin 134

penicillins 133, 136 –7

in plant disease control 347– 8

polyene macrolides 326, 351–2

of Trichodermaspp. 13, 237– 41

antifungal agents – cellular targets

342–7

apex, hyphal 48 –52

aphids 218, 310, 312, 313, 314 ,

315, 316

apical growth 67–73

apical vesicle cluster see

Spitzenkorper

apothecium 27, 28 , 268 , 269 , 270 ,

273

appressorium 88, 89 , 90 –2, 311–12

aquatic fungi

appendaged spores 194 –5

Chytridiomycota 17–21

marine fungi 194 –5

tetraradiate spores of 184

rumen chytrids 149–51

zoospores 195– 8, 199–203

arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi 4 ,

21–3, 34, 228, 257– 61

archiascomycetes 30

arthrospores 55

ascomycetous yeasts on leaves 218

Ascomycota 27–31, 50, 138,

159– 60

ascospores 28 , 29 , 30 , 195

ascus 28 , 29 , 30

chromosome numbers 58, 161

mating systems 105– 6

mating-type genes 105– 6

septa 57

as soft-rot fungi of wood 229–30

spore dormancy/germination 103,

185– 6, 188 –90

wall components 55

as white-rot fungi of wood 232

aspergilloma 145

ATP, ATPase – role in fungal

nutrition 113–14

autolysis 48 –9, 80 , 225

auxotrophs 165, 166

avenacin/avenacinase 172, 173

aviation kerosene, fungal growth in

111, 339

avirulence genes of biotrophic

pathogens 302, 307

axoneme (of flagellum) 195

General index

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