Preface.

1. Long Term Preservation of Fungal Cultures in All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM): Protocols and Results
   

Dr. Svetlana M. Ozerskaya

All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM IBPM RAS, Pushchino, Russia), G.K.Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Science, prospekt Nauki, 5, Pushchino-142290, Moscow Region, Russia.

Phone: +7-499-783-25-02, Fax: +7-499-783-25-02

Email: smo@dol.ru

2. Confocal Laser and Epifluorescence microscopy

Prof. Marcelo de Carvalho Alves

Department of Soil and Rural Engineering, Federal University of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

E-mail: mdecalves@ufmt.br; marcelocarvalhoalves@gmail.com

3. Diagnose of chytid parasites of algae in the plankton

Prof. Télesphore Sime-Ngando

LMGE, Laboratoire Microorganismes, Génome et Environnement, UMR CNRS 6023, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Université, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France.

Phone +33473407836, Fax: +33473407670

Email: telesphore.sime-ngando@univ-bpclermont.fr

4. Sabouraud Agar for Fungal Growth

Dr. Janelle Hare

Department of Biology & Chemistry, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, USA.

Phone: +606-783-2951, Fax: +606-783-5002

Email: jm.hare@moreheadstate.edu

5. FISH, fluorescence in situ hybridization of uncultured zoosporic fungi

Prof. Télesphore Sime-Ngando

LMGE, Laboratoire Microorganismes, Génome et Environnement, UMR CNRS 6023, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Université, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France.

Phone +33473407836, Fax: +33473407670

Email: telesphore.sime-ngando@univ-bpclermont.fr, latestuggine@gmail.com

6. Quantitative PCR Analysis of Double-Stranded RNA-Mediated Gene Silencing in Fungi

Dr. José M. Díaz-Mínguez

Prof. Titular de Universidad, Director Centro Hispano Luso de Investigaciones Agrarias, CIALE, Universidad de Salamanca, C/ Río Duero, 12, Campus de Villamayor, 37185 Salamanca, Spain.

Phone: 34 923 294500 ext. 5101, Fax 34 923 294399

E-mail: josediaz@usal.es

7. Real-time quantitative PCR assay for counting uncultured zoosporic fungi

Prof. Télesphore Sime-Ngando

LMGE, Laboratoire Microorganismes, Génome et Environnement, UMR CNRS 6023, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont Université, BP 80026, 63171 Aubière Cedex, France.

Phone +33473407836, Fax: +33473407670

Email: telesphore.sime-ngando@univ-bpclermont.fr

8. Rapid Identification and Detection of Pathogenic Fungi by Padlock Probes

Dr. C.K.M. Tsui

Department of Forest Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.

Phone: +1 604 822 3108, Fax: +1 604 822 9102

Email: clementsui@gmail.com

9. Extraction and Characterization of Taxol: An Anticancer Drug from an Endophytic And Pathogenic Fungi

Dr. M. Pandi

¹Department of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-625 021, Tamilnadu, India.

Phone: +91-9840652927, Fax: +91-0452-2459105

Email: an_pandi@rediffmail.com

10. Recent advances in applications of Machine Learnin