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materials. Trends Biotechnol 17:230–232
M€ uller WEG (ed) (2003) Silicon biomineralization: biology, biochemistry, molecular biology,
biotechnology. Springer, Berlin
M€ uller WEG, Steffen R, Kurelec B, Smodlaka N, Puskaric S, Jagic B, M€ uller-Niklas G, Queric
NV (1998) Chemosensitizers of the multixenobiotic resistance in the amorphous aggregates
(marine snow): etiology of mass killing on the benthos in the Northern Adriatic? Environ
Toxicol Pharmacol 6:229–238
M€ uller WEG, Eckert C, Kropf K, Wang XH, Schloßmacher U, Seckert C, Wolf SE, Tremel W,
Schr€ oder HC (2007a) Formation of the giant spicules of the deep sea hexactinellid
Monorhaphis chuni (Schulze 1904): electron microscopical and biochemical studies. Cell
Tissue Res 329:363–378
M€ uller WEG, Wang XH, Belikov SI, Tremel W, Schloßmacher U, Natoli A, Brandt D, Boreiko A,
Tahir MN, M€ uller IM, Schr€ oder HC (2007b) Formation of siliceous spicules in demosponges:
example Suberites domuncula. In: B€ auerlein E (ed) Handbook of biomineralization, vol 1,
Biological aspects and structure formation. Wiley, Weinheim, pp 59–82
M€ uller WEG, Schloßmacher U, Wang XH, Boreiko A, Brandt D, Wolf SE, Tremel W, Schr€ oder
HC (2008a) Poly(silicate)-metabolizing silicatein in siliceous spicules and silicasomes of
demosponges comprises dual enzymatic activities (silica-polymerase and silica-esterase).
FEBS J 275:362–370
M€ uller WEG, Wang XH, Kropf K, Ushijima H, Geurtsen W, Eckert C, Tahir MN, Tremel W,
Boreiko A, Schloßmacher U, Li J, Schr€ oder HC (2008b) Bioorganic/inorganic hybrid composition of sponge spicules: matrix of the giant spicules and of the comitalia of the deep sea
hexactinellid Monorhaphis. J Struct Biol 161:188–203
Murray J (1891) Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the
years 1873–76 – deep sea deposits. HMS Stationary Office, London
Murray JW, Brewer PG (1977) Mechanism of removal of manganese, iron and other trace metals
from seawater. In: Glasby GP (ed) Marine manganese deposits. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp
291–325
Murray J, Philippi E (1908) Die Grundproben der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition, 1898–99 auf
dem Dampfer. In: Valdivia Wiss Ergeb Deutschen Tiefsee–Expedition, vol 10. Gustav Fischer,
Jena, pp 77–207
Persson AE, Schoeman BJ, Sterte J, Otterstedt J-E (1995) Synthesis of stable suspensions of
discrete colloidal zeolite (Na, TPA)ZSM-5 crystals. Zeolites 15:611–619
Post JE (1999) Manganese oxide minerals: crystal structures and economic and environmental
significance. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96:3447–3454
RISE Project group: Spiess FN, Macdonald KC, and 20 others (1980) East Pacific Rise: hot springs
and geophysical experiment. Science 207:1421–1433
Ryan KJ, Ray CG (eds) (2004) Sherris medical microbiology, 4th edn. McGraw Hill, New York
Schr€ oder HC, Wang XH, Tremel W, Ushijima H, M€ uller WEG (2008) Biofabrication of biosilicaglass by living organisms. Nat Prod Rep 25:455–474
Schrope M (2007) Digging deep. Nature 447:246–247
Schultze-Lam S, Beveridge TJ (1994) Physicochemical characteristics of the mineral-forming
S-layer from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus strain GL24. Can J Microbiol 40:216–223
Schultze-Lam S, Thompsom JB, Beveridge TJ (1993) Metal ion immobilization by bacterial
surfaces in fresh water environments. Water Pollut Res J Can 28:51–81
Silverman MP (1967) Mechanism of bacterial pyrite oxidation. J Bacteriol 94:1046–1051
108
X. Wang et al.