Biomineralization and Biological Metal Accumulation: Biological and Geological Perspectives Papers presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Biomineralization, Renesse, The Netherlands, June 2–5, 1982

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction Biological Metal Accumulation and Biomineralization in a Geological Perspective....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Gaia as Seen Through the Atmosphere....Pages 15-25
Microbial Systematics and a Gaian View of the Sediments....Pages 27-53
Fine Structure of the Stratified Microbial Community at Laguna Figueroa, Baja California, Mexico....Pages 55-56
The Influence of Biomineralisation on the Composition of Seawater....Pages 57-72
The Global Carbonate-Silicate Sedimentary System — Some Feedback Relations....Pages 73-87
Calcification and Atmospheric CO 2 ....Pages 89-98
The Modern Distribution and Geological History of Calcium Carbonate Boring Microorganisms....Pages 99-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
The Possible Role of Mitochondria and Phosphocitrate in Biological Calcification....Pages 107-121
A Comparison of the Roles of Calcium in Biomineralization and in Cytosolic Signalling....Pages 123-131
Hormonal Regulation of Calcification, with Particular Reference to the Hormonal Control of Eggshell Formation in Birds and Shell Growth in Molluscs....Pages 133-144
Partial Purification of a Hormone Dependent Calcium-Binding Protein from the Mantle Edge of the Snail Lymnaea Stagnalis ....Pages 145-147
Mineralization Reactions Involving Calcium Carbonates and Phosphates....Pages 149-153
Problems in the Understanding of Biominerals....Pages 155-169
A High Resolution Electron Microscopy Study of the Balance Organs of the Inner Ear....Pages 171-183
Mineralization by Organisms and the Evolution of Biomineralization....Pages 185-189
Organic Matrix in Calcified Exoskeletons....Pages 191-203
Calcification of Gastropod Nacre....Pages 205-224
Organic Matrices of Mollusc Shells....Pages 225-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-247
Immunological Studies on Macromolecules from Invertebrate Shells — Recent and Fossil —....Pages 105-105
Methodological Aspects of the Ultrastructural Analysis of the Organic and Mineral Components in Mollusc Shells....Pages 249-253
Biomineral Formation of Gastropods, in Comparison with that of Pelecypods....Pages 255-260
Ultrastructural Evolution of Molluscan Nacre....Pages 261-266
Bone and Tooth Formation. Insights into Mineralization Strategies....Pages 267-271
A Systematic Approach to Some Fundamental Questions of Carbonate Calcification....Pages 273-284
Calcification in Coccolithophorids....Pages 285-289
Inhibition of CaCO 3 Precipitation by a Polysaccharide Associated with Coccoliths of Emiliania Huxleyi ....Pages 291-301
Calcification Rates, Photosynthesis and Light in Planktonic Foraminifera....Pages 303-305
Stromatolites, Fossil and Recent: A Case History....Pages 307-312
Early Stromatolite Lithification — Organic Chemical Aspects....Pages 313-326
The Role of Enamel Tubule and the Evolution of Mammalian Enamel....Pages 327-334
Urinary Stone Formation as a Biomineralization Process....Pages 335-339
The Influence of an Intense Fluoride Pretreatment on Remineralization of Enamel Lesions....Pages 341-345
Microstructural Features of Teleost Otoliths....Pages 347-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-359
Trace Elements as Probes of Biomineralization....Pages 361-361
Structure of Granules in Helix Aspersa by EXAFS and other Physical Techniques....Pages 363-371
Applications of Microincineration in Localising Biomineralized Inorganic Deposits in Sectioned Tissues....Pages 373-377
Aspects of Silicification in Biological Systems....Pages 379-387
High Resolution Electron Microscopy Studies of the Silica Lorica in the Choanoflagellate Stephanoeca Diplocostata Ellis....Pages 389-405
Front Matter....Pages 407-412
A Bioinorganic View of the Biological Mineralization of Iron....Pages 361-361
Plasma Ferritin in Polyplacophora and Its Possible Role in the Biomineralization of Iron....Pages 413-422
Mammalian Metallothionein: Evidence for Metal Thiolate Clusters....Pages 423-427
Bacterial Interactions with Mineral Cations and Anions: Good Ions and Bad....Pages 429-437
Microbial Oxidation and Reduction of Manganese and Iron....Pages 439-457
An In-Situ Method for Determining Microbial Manganese Oxidation Rates in Sediments....Pages 459-479
Fe and Mn Depositing Bacteria in Marine Suspended Macro-Particulates....Pages 481-487
Microbial Role in Witwatersrand Gold Deposition....Pages 489-493
Biological Accumulation of Some Heavy Metals-Biotechnological Applications....Pages 495-498
Closing Remarks....Pages 499-509
Back Matter....Pages 511-514
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