Biomineralization

✍ Scribed by Patricia M. Dove (editor); James J. De Yoreo (editor); Steve Weiner (editor)

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 396
• Series: Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry; 54
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Volume 54 of Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry focuses upon the various processes by which organisms direct the formation of minerals. Our framework of examining biominerals from the viewpoints of major mineralization strategies distinguishes this volume from most previous reviews. The review begins by introducing the reader to over-arching principles that are needed to investigate biomineralization phenomena and shows the current state of knowledge regarding the major approaches to mineralization that organisms have developed over the course of Earth history. By exploring the complexities that underlie the "synthesis" of biogenic materials, and therefore the basis for how compositions and structures of biominerals are mediated (or not), we believe this volume will be instrumental in propelling studies of biomineralization to a new level of research questions that are grounded in an understanding of the underlying biological phenomena.

✦ Table of Contents

COPYRIGHT
REVIEWS
DEDICATION
FOREWORD
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. An Overview of Biomineralization Processes and the Problem of the Vital Effect
2. Principles of Molecular Biology and Biomacromolecular Chemistry
3. Principles of Crystal Nucleation and Growth
4. Biologically Induced Mineralization by Bacteria
5. The Source of Ions for Biomineralization in Foraminifera and Their Implications for Paleoceanographic Proxies
6. Geochemical Perspectives on Coral Mineralization
7. Biomineralization Within Vesicles: The Calcite of Coccoliths
8. Biologically Controlled Mineralization in Prokaryotes
9. Mineralization in Organic Matrix Frameworks
10. Silicification: The Processes by Which Organisms Capture and Mineralize Silica
11. Biomineralization and Evolutionary History
12. Biomineralization and Global Biogeochemical Cycles