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Biomineralization and Biological Metal Accumulation

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction Biological Metal Accumulation and Biomineralization in a Geological Perspective
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    Chapter 2 Gaia as Seen Through the Atmosphere
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    Chapter 3 Microbial Systematics and a Gaian View of the Sediments
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    Chapter 4 Fine Structure of the Stratified Microbial Community at Laguna Figueroa, Baja California, Mexico
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    Chapter 5 The Influence of Biomineralisation on the Composition of Seawater
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    Chapter 6 The Global Carbonate-Silicate Sedimentary System — Some Feedback Relations
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    Chapter 7 Calcification and Atmospheric CO 2
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    Chapter 8 The Modern Distribution and Geological History of Calcium Carbonate Boring Microorganisms
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    Chapter 9 The Possible Role of Mitochondria and Phosphocitrate in Biological Calcification
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    Chapter 10 A Comparison of the Roles of Calcium in Biomineralization and in Cytosolic Signalling
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    Chapter 11 Hormonal Regulation of Calcification, with Particular Reference to the Hormonal Control of Eggshell Formation in Birds and Shell Growth in Molluscs
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    Chapter 12 Partial Purification of a Hormone Dependent Calcium-Binding Protein from the Mantle Edge of the Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis
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    Chapter 13 Studies on the Constancy of the Value of the Ionic Product Ca 2+ × CO 3 2- in the Haemolymph of the Freshwater Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis
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    Chapter 14 Mineralization Reactions Involving Calcium Carbonates and Phosphates
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    Chapter 15 Problems in the Understanding of Biominerals
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    Chapter 16 A High Resolution Electron Microscopy Study of the Balance Organs of the Inner Ear
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    Chapter 17 Mineralization by Organisms and the Evolution of Biomineralization
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    Chapter 18 Organic Matrix in Calcified Exoskeletons
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    Chapter 19 Calcification of Gastropod Nacre
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    Chapter 20 Organic Matrices of Mollusc Shells
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    Chapter 21 Immunological Studies on Macromolecules from Invertebrate Shells — Recent and Fossil —
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    Chapter 22 Methodological Aspects of the Ultrastructural Analysis of the Organic and Mineral Components in Mollusc Shells
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    Chapter 23 Biomineral Formation of Gastropods, in Comparison with that of Pelecypods
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    Chapter 24 Ultrastructural Evolution of Molluscan Nacre
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    Chapter 25 Bone and Tooth Formation. Insights into Mineralization Strategies
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    Chapter 26 A Systematic Approach to Some Fundamental Questions of Carbonate Calcification
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    Chapter 27 Calcification in Coccolithophorids
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    Chapter 28 Inhibition of CaCO 3 Precipitation by a Polysaccharide Associated with Coccoliths of Emiliania Huxleyi
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    Chapter 29 Calcification Rates, Photosynthesis and Light in Planktonic Foraminifera
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    Chapter 30 Stromatolites, Fossil and Recent: A Case History
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    Chapter 31 Early Stromatolite Lithification — Organic Chemical Aspects
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    Chapter 32 The Role of Enamel Tubule and the Evolution of Mammalian Enamel
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    Chapter 33 Urinary Stone Formation as a Biomineralization Process
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    Chapter 34 The Influence of an Intense Fluoride Pretreatment on Remineralization of Enamel Lesions
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    Chapter 35 Microstructural Features of Teleost Otoliths
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    Chapter 36 Trace Elements as Probes of Biomineralization
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    Chapter 37 Structure of Granules in Helix Aspersa by EXAFS and other Physical Techniques
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    Chapter 38 Applications of Microincineration in Localising Biomineralized Inorganic Deposits in Sectioned Tissues
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    Chapter 39 Aspects of Silicification in Biological Systems
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    Chapter 40 High Resolution Electron Microscopy Studies of the Silica Lorica in the Choanoflagellate Stephanoeca Diplocostata Ellis
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    Chapter 41 A Bioinorganic View of the Biological Mineralization of Iron
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    Chapter 42 Plasma Ferritin in Polyplacophora and Its Possible Role in the Biomineralization of Iron
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    Chapter 43 Mammalian Metallothionein: Evidence for Metal Thiolate Clusters
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    Chapter 44 Bacterial Interactions with Mineral Cations and Anions: Good Ions and Bad
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    Chapter 45 Microbial Oxidation and Reduction of Manganese and Iron
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    Chapter 46 An In-Situ Method for Determining Microbial Manganese Oxidation Rates in Sediments
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    Chapter 47 Fe and Mn Depositing Bacteria in Marine Suspended Macro-Particulates
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    Chapter 48 Microbial Role in Witwatersrand Gold Deposition
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    Chapter 49 Biological Accumulation of Some Heavy Metals-Biotechnological Applications
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    Chapter 50 Closing Remarks
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Title
Biomineralization and Biological Metal Accumulation
Published by
Springer Netherlands, December 2012
DOI 10.1007/978-94-009-7944-4
ISBNs
978-9-40-097946-8, 978-9-40-097944-4
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Westbroek, P., Jong, E. W.

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Unknown 27 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 14 52%
Researcher 4 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 7%
Student > Master 2 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 2 7%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 1 4%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 10 37%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 15%
Engineering 3 11%
Chemistry 2 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 4%
Other 4 15%
Unknown 3 11%