Yeast Diversity in Human Welfare

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Diversity of Natural Yeast Flora of Grapes and Its Significance in Wine Making....Pages 1-27
 Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Model for Space Biology....Pages 29-52
Yeasts and Traditional Fermented Foods and Beverages....Pages 53-82
Role of Yeasts in Food Fermentation....Pages 83-113
Probiotic Yeasts in Human Welfare....Pages 115-136
Yeast Biofilms in the Context of Human Health and Disease....Pages 137-162
Biology of Killer Yeast and Technological Implications....Pages 163-190
Yeast Genetics as a Powerful Tool to Study Human Diseases....Pages 191-214
Yeast Expression Systems: Current Status and Future Prospects....Pages 215-250
Gene Expression Analysis in Arxula adeninivorans: A Nested Quantitative Real Time PCR Approach....Pages 251-256
Development of the Thermotolerant Methylotrophic Yeast Hansenula polymorpha as Efficient Ethanol Producer....Pages 257-282
Ecology, Diversity and Applications of Saccharomyces Yeasts in Food and Beverages....Pages 283-321
Biotransformation and Detoxification of Environmental Pollutants with Aromatic Structures by Yeasts....Pages 323-369
Phytase of the Unconventional Yeast Pichia anomala: Production and Applications....Pages 371-383
Conventional and Non-conventional Yeasts for the Production of Biofuels....Pages 385-416
High Performance SBR-Technology for Unsterile Fermentation of Ethanol and Other Chemicals by Yeasts....Pages 417-437
Applications of Kluyveromyces marxianus in Biotechnology....Pages 439-453
Applications of Blastobotrys (Arxula) adeninivorans in Biotechnology....Pages 455-479
Back Matter....Pages 481-486