(Ebook) Biomineralization: From Biology to Biotechnology and Medical Application, Second Edition by Edmund Bäuerlein ISBN 9783527310654, 9783527604135, 3527310657, 3527604138

(Ebook) Biomineralization: From Biology to Biotechnology and Medical Application, Second Edition by Edmund Bäuerlein ISBN 9783527310654, 9783527604135, 3527310657, 3527604138

Now over 50 % new contents.

Incorporating the surprisingly rapid advances in this field since the publication of the successful first edition, this intensively updated and expanded new edition covers all the background as well as the latest results. Now organized according to the main biominerals, the book reflects the increasingly important biochemical aspects and medicinal applications, with four new chapters on biomineralization in mammals, including humans. The whole is rounded off with an entire chapter dedicated to modern methods, especially physical ones that have advanced the field over the last five years.

The international team of renowned authors, under the direction of a leading expert in the field, provide first-hand research results from their own relevant fields. The result is an interdisciplinary must-have account, designed for a broad community of researchers.

Content:
Chapter 1 Peptides, Pre?Biotic Selection and Pre?Biotic Vesicles (pages 1–14): Prof. (em.) Dr. Edmund Bauerlein
Chapter 2 Magnetic Iron Oxide and Iron Sulfide Minerals within Microorganisms: Potential Biomarkers (pages 15–43): Dennis A. Bazylinski and Richard B. Frankel
Chapter 3 Phylogeny and In Situ Identification of Magnetotactic Bacteria (pages 45–60): Rudolf I. Amann, Ramon Rossello?Mora, Christine Flies and Dirk Schuler
Chapter 4 Biochemical and Genetic Analysis of the Magnetosome Membrane in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense (pages 61–73): Dirk Schuler
Chapter 5 Enzymes for Magnetite Synthesis in Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum (pages 75–90): Yoshihiro Fukumori
Chapter 6 Molecular and Biotechnological Aspects of Bacterial Magnetite (pages 91–106): Tadashi Matsunaga, Toshifumi Sakaguchi and Yoshiko Okamura
Chapter 7 Biogenic Magnetite as a Basis for Geomagnetic Field Perception in Animals (pages 12–118): Michael Winklhofer
Chapter 8 Iron?Oxo Clusters and the Onset of Biomineralization on Protein Surfaces ? Lessons from An Archaeal Ferritin (pages 119–133): L.?O. Essen, S. Offermann, D. Oesterhelt and K. Zeth
Chapter 9 The Molecular Basis of Diatom Biosilica Formation (pages 135–158): Nils Kroger and Manfred Sumper
Chapter 10 Silicic Acid Transport and Its Control During Cell Wall Silicification in Diatoms (pages 159–176): Mark Hildebrand
Chapter 11 The Nanostructure and Development of Diatom Biosilica (pages 177–194): Richard Wetherbee, Simon Crawford and Paul Mulvaney
Chapter 12 Biomineralization in Coccolithophores (pages 195–215): Mary E. Marsh
Chapter 13 The Proton Pump of the Calcifying Vesicle of the Coccolithophore, Pleurochrysis (pages 217–228): Elma L. Gonzalez
Chapter 14 The Zebrafish as a Genetic Model to Study Otolith Formation (pages 229–242): C. Sollner and T. Nicolson
Chapter 15 Lot's Wife's Problem Revisited: How We Prevent Pathological Calcification (pages 243–267): Willi Jahnen?Dechent
Chapter 16 Aspects of Dentinogenesis: A Model for Biomineralization (pages 269–281): Katharina Reichenmiller and Christian Klein
Chapter 17 The Zebrafish as a Model for Studying Skeletal Development (pages 283–304): Shaojun Du and Yutaka Haga
Chapter 18 Modern Methods of Investigation in Biomineralization (pages 305–325): Matthias Epple