Biosilica in Evolution, Morphogenesis, and Nanobiotechnology : Case Study Lake Baikal - Müller, Werner E. G.; Grachev, Mikhael A.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Geology - Paleontology - Paleoclimate -- Overview of Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Baikal-Tuva Area -- Tectonics of the Baikal Rift Deduced from Volcanism and Sedimentation: A Review Oriented to the Baikal and Hovsgol Lake Systems -- Paleoclimate and Evolution: Emergence of Sponges During the Neoproterozoic -- Organisms: Sponges -- Studies on the Taxonomy and Distribution of Freshwater Sponges in Lake Baikal -- Towards a Molecular Systematics of the Lake Baikal/Lake Tuva Sponges -- Symbiotic Interaction Between Dinoflagellates and the Demosponge Lubomirskia baicalensis: Aquaporin-Mediated Glycerol Transport -- Evolution -- Silicon in Life: Whither Biological Silicification? -- Fossil Sponge Fauna in Lake Baikal Region -- Identification and Isolation of a Retrotransposon from the Freshwater Sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis: Implication in Rapid Evolution of Endemic Sponges -- Role of Biosilica in Morphogenesis -- Modelling the Skeletal Architecture in a Sponge with Radiate Accretive Growth -- Biosilica Formation -- Silicatein: Nanobiotechnological and Biomedical Applications -- Role of Biosilica in Materials Science -- Role of Biosilica in Materials Science: Lessons from Siliceous Biological Systems for Structural Composites -- An Overview of Silica in Biology: Its Chemistry and Recent Technological Advances -- Optical and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Sea Glass Sponge Spicules -- Nanobiotechnology: Soft Lithography -- The Application of Silicon and Silicates in Dentistry: A Review -- Role of Biosilica in Nanobiotechnology -- Sustainable Exploitation and Conservation of the Endemic Lake Baikal Sponge (Lubomirskia baicalensis) for Application in Nanobiotechnology.
Keywords: Aquatic ecology .; Microbial ecology; Biotechnology; Biomaterials; Environmental engineering; Nanotechnology; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Microbial Ecology; Biotechnology; Biomaterials; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Nanotechnology