Biomineralization

Preface. List of Contributors. Abbreviations. Biominerals--An Introduction (E. Baeuerlein). Prokaryotes. Mechanistic Routes to Biomineral Surface Development (D. Fortin, T.J. Beveridge). Magnetic Iron Oxide and Iron Sulfide Minerals within Microorganisms (D.A. Bazylinski, R.B. Frankel). Phylogeny and in Situ Identification of Magnetotactic Bacteria (R. Amann, et al.). Single Magnetic Crystals of Magnetite (Fe 3 O 4 Synthesized in Intracytoplasmic Vesicles of Megnetospirilum gryphiswaldense (E. Baeuerlein). Applications for Magnetosomes in Medical Research (R.C. Reszka). Enzymes for Magnetite Synthesis in Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum (Y. Fukumori). Characterization of the Magnetosome Membrane in Magnetospirillium gryphiswaldense (D. Schuler). Molecular and Biotechnological Aspects of Bacterial Magnetite (T. Matsunaga, T. Sakaguchi). Eukaryotes. A Grand Unified Theory of Biomineralization (J.L. Kirschvink, J.W. Hagadorn). The Biochemistry of Silica Formation in Diatoms (N. Kroger, M. Sumper). Silicic Acid Transport and Its Control During Cell Wall Silicification in Diatoms (M. Hildebrand). The Nanostructure and Development of Diatom Biosilica (R. Wetherbee, et al.). The Biological and Biomimetic Synthesis of Silica and Other Polysiloxanes (K. Shimizu, D.E. Morse). Protein Components and Inorganic Structure in Shell Nacre (A.M. Belcher, E.E. Gooch). Polyanions in the CaCo 3 Mineralization of Coccolithophores (M.E. Marsh). The Calcifying Vesicle Membrane of the Coccolithophore, Pleurochrysis sp (E.L. Gonzales). Index.