Contents
Part I Metallic Biominerals
1 Magnetite Biomineralization in Bacteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Jens Baumgartner and Damien Faivre
2 Maxi- and Mini-Ferritins: Minerals and Protein Nanocages . . . . . . . . 29
Loes E. Bevers and Elizabeth C. Theil
3 Manganese Oxidation by Bacteria: Biogeochemical Aspects . . . . . . . . . 49
P.P. Sujith and P.A. Loka Bharathi
4 Molecular Biomineralization: Toward an Understanding
of the Biogenic Origin of Polymetallic Nodules, Seamount
Crusts, and Hydrothermal Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Xiaohong Wang, Matthias Wiens, Heinz C. Schro ¨der,
Ute Schloßmacher, and Werner E.G. Mu ¨ller
Part II Biocalcium
5 Molecular Basis of Bacterial Calcium Carbonate Precipitation . . . . 113
Brunella Perito and Giorgio Mastromei
6 Principles of Calcium-Based Biomineralization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Qingling Feng
7 Molecular Aspects of Biomineralization of the Echinoderm
Endoskeleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
P.U.P.A. Gilbert and Fred H. Wilt
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