Fungi of Northern and Eastern India : A Monograph on Biology of Keratinophilic Vs Keratinolytic Fungi and Opportunistic Vs Potentially Pathogenic and Pathogenic Fungi with Special Reference to Fungi of Northern and Eastern India

Contents: Foreword. Obituary. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. Fungi as Zoopathogens and natural history of dermatophytes. 3. The family gymnoascaceae. 4. The existence of Keratinophilic fungi in nature, their biology and ecology. 5. Isolation and taxonomy. 6. Geophilic (Saprophytic) fungi. 7. Ornithophilic (non-clinical) fungi. 8. Zoophilic (non-clinical) fungi. 9. Clinical - ornithophilic, zoophilic and anthropophilic fungi. 10. Animal Pathogenicity studies. 11. Some physiological and ecological analyses. 12. Scanning electron microscopy. 13. Anti mycotic activity and efficacy of herbal preparations. 14. General conclusion. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

"The \'Fungi of Northern and Eastern India\' includes a monograph on the biology of Keratinophilic Vs Keratinolytic fungi, opportunistic vs potentially pathogenic fungi, as well as pathogenic fungi in general. The book will be useful to research scholars, scientists graduate and post-graduate students actively engaged in the field of mycology." (jacket)