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Sleytr UB, Messner P, Pum D, Sara M (1999) Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (S layers):
from supramolecular cell structure to biomimetics and nanotechnology. Angew Chem Int Ed
38:1034–1054
Solomon EI, Sundaram UM, Machonkin TE (1996) Multicopper oxidases and oxygenases. Chem
Rev 96:2563–2605
Somayajulu BLK (2000) Growth rates of oceanic manganese nodules: implications to their
genesis, palaeo-earth environment and resource potential. Curr Sci 78:300–308
Spiridonova EM, Kuznetsov BB, Pimenov NV, Tourova TP (2006) Phylogenetic characterization
of endosymbionts of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus by analysis of the
16S rRNA, cbbL, and pmoA genes. Microbiology 75:694–701
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3rd edn. Wiley, New York, p 1022
Suess E, Bohrmann G, von Huene R, Linke P, Wallmann K, Lammers S, Sahling H (1998) Fluid
venting in the eastern Aleutian subduction zone. J Geophys Res 103:2597–2614
Szeto J, Ramirez-Arcos S, Raymond C, Hicks LD, Kay CM, Dillon JAR (2001) Gonococcal MinD
affects cell division in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Escherichia coli and exhibits a novel
selfinteraction. J Bacteriol 183:6253–6264
Tebo BM, Bargar JR, Clement BG, Dick GJ, Murray KJ, Parker D, Verity R, Webb SM (2004)
Biogenic manganese oxides: properties and mechanisms of formation. Annu Rev Earth Pl Sc
32:287–328
Thijssen T, Glasby GP, Friedrich G, Stoffers P, Sioulas A (1985) Manganese nodules in the
Central Peru Basin. Chem Erde 44:1–12
Vonderhaar DL, McMurtry GM, Garbe-Sch€ onberg D, St€ uben D, Esser B (2000) Platinum and
other related element enrichments in Pacific ferromanganese crust deposits. In: Glenn CR,
Prevot-Lucas L, Lucas J (eds) Marine autigenesis: from global to microbial. SEPM Special
Publication No 66. Society for Sedimentary Geology, Darlington, pp 287–308
Wang XH, M€ uller WEG (2009) Contribution of biomineralization during growth of polymetallic
nodules and ferromanganese crusts from the Pacific Ocean. Front Mater Sci China FMSC
3:109–123
Wang XH, Boreiko A, Schloßmacher U, Brandt D, Schr€ oder HC, Li J, Kaandorp JA, G€ otz H,
Duschner H, M€ uller WEG (2008) Axial growth of hexactinellid spicules: formation of conelike structural units in the giant basal spicules of the hexactinellid Monorhaphis. J Struct Biol
164:270–280
Wang XH, Schloßmacher U, Natalio F, Schr€ oder HC, Wolf SE, Tremel W, M€ uller WEG (2009a)
Evidence for biogenic processes during formation of ferromanganese crusts from the Pacific
Ocean: implications of biologically induced mineralization. Micron 40:526–535
Wang XH, Schloßmacher U, Wiens M, Schr€ oder HC, M€ uller WEG (2009b) Biogenic origin of
polymetallic nodules from the Clarion-Clipperton zone in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: electron
microscopic and EDX evidence. Mar Biotechnol 11:99–108
Wang XH, Schr€ oder HC, Schloßmacher U, M€ uller WEG (2009c) Organized bacterial assemblies in
manganese nodules: evidence for a role of S-layers in metal deposition. Geo-Mar Lett 29:85–91
Wang XH, Schr€ oder HC, Wiens M, Schloßmacher U, M€ uller WEG (2009d) Manganese/
polymetallic nodules: micro-structural characterization of exolithobiontic- and endolithobiontic microbial biofilms by scanning electron microscopy. Micron 40:350–358
Wang XH, Wiens M, Divekar M, Grebenjuk VA, Schro ¨der HC, Batel R, M€ uller WEG (2011)
Isolation and characterization of a Mn(II)-oxidizing bacillus strain from the demosponge
Suberites domuncula. Marine Drugs 9:1–28
Weiner S, Dove PM (2003) An overview of biomineralization processes and the problem of the
vital effect. Rev Mineral Geochem 54:1–29
Weiss B, Ebel R, Elbr€ achter M, Kirchner M, Proksch P (1996) Defense metabolites from
the marine sponge Verongia aerophoba. Biochem Syst Ecol 24:1–7
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37:311–339
Sleytr UB, Messner P, Pum D, Sara M (1999) Crystalline bacterial cell surface layers (S layers):
from supramolecular cell structure to biomimetics and nanotechnology. Angew Chem Int Ed
38:1034–1054
Solomon EI, Sundaram UM, Machonkin TE (1996) Multicopper oxidases and oxygenases. Chem
Rev 96:2563–2605
Somayajulu BLK (2000) Growth rates of oceanic manganese nodules: implications to their
genesis, palaeo-earth environment and resource potential. Curr Sci 78:300–308
Spiridonova EM, Kuznetsov BB, Pimenov NV, Tourova TP (2006) Phylogenetic characterization
of endosymbionts of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus by analysis of the
16S rRNA, cbbL, and pmoA genes. Microbiology 75:694–701
Stumm W, Morgan JJ (1996) Aquatic chemistry, chemical equilibria and rates in natural waters,
3rd edn. Wiley, New York, p 1022
Suess E, Bohrmann G, von Huene R, Linke P, Wallmann K, Lammers S, Sahling H (1998) Fluid
venting in the eastern Aleutian subduction zone. J Geophys Res 103:2597–2614
Szeto J, Ramirez-Arcos S, Raymond C, Hicks LD, Kay CM, Dillon JAR (2001) Gonococcal MinD
affects cell division in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Escherichia coli and exhibits a novel
selfinteraction. J Bacteriol 183:6253–6264
Tebo BM, Bargar JR, Clement BG, Dick GJ, Murray KJ, Parker D, Verity R, Webb SM (2004)
Biogenic manganese oxides: properties and mechanisms of formation. Annu Rev Earth Pl Sc
32:287–328
Thijssen T, Glasby GP, Friedrich G, Stoffers P, Sioulas A (1985) Manganese nodules in the
Central Peru Basin. Chem Erde 44:1–12
Vonderhaar DL, McMurtry GM, Garbe-Sch€ onberg D, St€ uben D, Esser B (2000) Platinum and
other related element enrichments in Pacific ferromanganese crust deposits. In: Glenn CR,
Prevot-Lucas L, Lucas J (eds) Marine autigenesis: from global to microbial. SEPM Special
Publication No 66. Society for Sedimentary Geology, Darlington, pp 287–308
Wang XH, M€ uller WEG (2009) Contribution of biomineralization during growth of polymetallic
nodules and ferromanganese crusts from the Pacific Ocean. Front Mater Sci China FMSC
3:109–123
Wang XH, Boreiko A, Schloßmacher U, Brandt D, Schr€ oder HC, Li J, Kaandorp JA, G€ otz H,
Duschner H, M€ uller WEG (2008) Axial growth of hexactinellid spicules: formation of conelike structural units in the giant basal spicules of the hexactinellid Monorhaphis. J Struct Biol
164:270–280
Wang XH, Schloßmacher U, Natalio F, Schr€ oder HC, Wolf SE, Tremel W, M€ uller WEG (2009a)
Evidence for biogenic processes during formation of ferromanganese crusts from the Pacific
Ocean: implications of biologically induced mineralization. Micron 40:526–535
Wang XH, Schloßmacher U, Wiens M, Schr€ oder HC, M€ uller WEG (2009b) Biogenic origin of
polymetallic nodules from the Clarion-Clipperton zone in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: electron
microscopic and EDX evidence. Mar Biotechnol 11:99–108
Wang XH, Schr€ oder HC, Schloßmacher U, M€ uller WEG (2009c) Organized bacterial assemblies in
manganese nodules: evidence for a role of S-layers in metal deposition. Geo-Mar Lett 29:85–91
Wang XH, Schr€ oder HC, Wiens M, Schloßmacher U, M€ uller WEG (2009d) Manganese/
polymetallic nodules: micro-structural characterization of exolithobiontic- and endolithobiontic microbial biofilms by scanning electron microscopy. Micron 40:350–358
Wang XH, Wiens M, Divekar M, Grebenjuk VA, Schro ¨der HC, Batel R, M€ uller WEG (2011)
Isolation and characterization of a Mn(II)-oxidizing bacillus strain from the demosponge
Suberites domuncula. Marine Drugs 9:1–28
Weiner S, Dove PM (2003) An overview of biomineralization processes and the problem of the
vital effect. Rev Mineral Geochem 54:1–29
Weiss B, Ebel R, Elbr€ achter M, Kirchner M, Proksch P (1996) Defense metabolites from
the marine sponge Verongia aerophoba. Biochem Syst Ecol 24:1–7
4 Biogenic origin of nodules and crusts
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