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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	Dezember 2010
Genre:	Naturwissensch., Medizin, Technik
	Agricultural science / Agriculture / biochemistry / Biochemistry, general / Biomedical and Life Sciences / biotechnology / Botany / Botany & plant sciences / C / Evolution / Evolutionary Biology / Plant Pathology / Plant Science / Plant Sciences
ISBN:	9781441933843
EAN-Code:	9781441933843
Verlag:	Springer Nature EN
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 279 mm / B 210 mm / D
Gewicht:	1170 gr
Seiten:	288
Zus. Info:	Previously published in hardcover
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Microbial toxins are secondary metabolites that accumulate in the organism and, to a large extent, are metabolically inactive towards the organism that produces them. The discovery of penicillin, a secondary metabolite of Penicillium notatum West (= P. chrysogenum Thom), in 1929 marked a milestone in the development of antibiotics (microbial toxins). In the intensive studies that followed this discovery, scientists chemically characterized several new molecules (toxins) from secondary metabolites of microbes, some having a definite function in causing pathogenesis in plants. Toxins are also known to playa significant role in inciting animal (human) and insect diseases and as plant growth regulators. Many common toxins have also been isolated from different microbes exhibiting a wide spectrum of biological activity. Toxins are broadly divisible into several characteristic groupings - polyketides, oxygen heterocyclic compounds, pyrons, terpenoidS, amino acids - diketopiperazines, polypeptides etc. Recent research has indicated that these toxins play an important role in plant pathogenesis, disease epidemics, plant breeding, biological control of plant pathogens and insect pests, induced resistance, plant-pathogen interactions etc. Toxins produced by weed pathogens are exploited as lead molecules in developing environmentally friendly herbicides.