Advances in Microbial Toxin Research and Its Biotechnological Exploitation

A Chemical Approach for Elucidating the Molecular Interaction of Host-Specific AK-toxin, with Japanese Pear; H. Miyagawa, M. Okada, I. Uemura, B. Watanabe, T. Ueno.Beauvericin: Chemistry, Biology and Significance; A. Logrieco, A. Moretti, A. Ritieni, M.F. Caiaffa, L. Macchia. Suppressor - and Elicitor-Activities of Magnaporthe grisea Toxin in Rice Leaves; S. Arase, M. Ueno, Y. Honda. Toxinogenesis of Fusarium graminearum, Clonal Variability and Influence of Substrate and Agrochemicals; G.D. Sokolova. The Aflatoxins: Evolution, Function and Prospects for Control; D.A. Carter, Nai Tran-Dinh, M. Stat, S. Kumar, Tien Bui, J.I. Pitt. Oxygen Activation by Fungal and Bacterial Toxins; I. Heiser, J. Koehl, E.F. Elstner.Thermoresponsive Phytotoxin Production in Plant Pathogenic Bacteria; M. Ullrich.Cerato-ulmin, a Toxin Produced by the Pathogens of the Dutch Elm Disease; G. Del Sorbo, A. Scala, F. Scala, S. Tegli. Lipopeptide Secondary Metabolites from the Phytopathogenic Bacterium Pseudomonas syringae; I. Grgurina. Toxicity of Syringomycins and its Pathological Significance; K. Tamura, T. Teraoka, I. Yamaguchi. Structural Diversity of Lichen Metabolites and Their Potential Use; J.G. Romagni, F.E. Dayan. Algal and Cyanobacterial Metabolites as Agents for Pest Management; K.K. Schrader, D.G. Nagle, D.E. Wedge. Engineering Disease Resistance in Plants Using Phytotoxins as Molecular Stooges; P. Balasubramanian, R. Samiyappan, S. Babu, R. Nandakumar, V. Shanmugam, T. Raguchander. Inhibition of Ceramide Synthesis in Plants by Phytotoxins; H.K. Abbas, S.O. Duke, W.T. Sheir, M.V. Duke. Advances in Molecular Biology of Phytotoxin Production and its Involvement in Plant Pathogenesis; R. Samiyappan, P. Balasubramanian, S. Babu, R. Nandakumar, V. Shanmugam, T. Raguchander, A. Ramanathan. Insecticidal Proteins of Bacillus Thuringiensis and Their Application in Agriculture; P. Ananda Kumar, O.M. Bambawale. Subject Index.