BIOGENESIS OF PLANT CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES
CONTENTS PART I BIOMATERIALS BIOMATERIALS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS, COMMON DE?NITIONS, HISTORY, AND CLASSI?CATION DE?NITIONS: BIOMATERIAL AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL BRIEF HISTORY OF BIOMATERIALS CLASSI?CATION OF BIOMATERIALS METALS AND ALLOYS CERAMICS POLYMERS COMPOSITES REQUIREMENTS OF BIOMATERIALS THE FUTURE OF BIOMATERIALS CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES PART II BIOMINERALS AND BIOMINERALIZATION BIOMINERALS BIOMINERALS OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE ORIGIN CALCIUM-BASED BIOMINERALS MAGNESIUM-BASED BIOMINERALS BARITE-BASED BIOMINERALS FE-BASED BIOMINERALS VANADIUM (BIOMINERAL?) STRONTIUM-BASED BIOMINERALS BORON TITANIUM-BASED BIOMINERALS COPPER-BASED BIOMINERALS ZINC-BASED BIOMINERALS MANGANESE OXIDES GERMANIUM-BASED BIOMINERALS SILICA-BASED BIOMINERALS CONCLUSION BIOMINERALIZATION BIOMINERALIZATION–DEMINERALIZATION–REMINERALIZATION PHENOMENA IN NATURE PRINCIPLES OF DEMINERALIZATION: ISOLATION OF ORGANIC MATRICES STRUCTURAL BIOPOLYMERS AS COMMON TEMPLATES FOR BIOMINERALIZATION CHITIN COLLAGEN MULTIPHASE BIOMINERALIZATION SILICA–ARAGONITE–CHITIN BIOCOMPOSITES IN DEMOSPONGES (DEMOSPONGIAE: PORIFERA) RADULA AS EXAMPLE OF MULTIPHASE BIOMINERALIZATION SILICA–CHITIN–APATITE BIOCOMPOSITES OF BRACHIOPODA COPEPODA TEETH AS A MULTIPHASE BIOCOMPOSITE PART III BIOMINERALIZED STRUCTURES AND BIOCOMPOSITES HIERARCHICAL BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS CELLULAR STRUCTURES HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES: FROM NANO- TO MACROSCALE SILICEOUS HONEYCOMB CELLULAR STRUCTURES IN DIATOMS PALEODICTYON HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE PECULIARITIES OF THE STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE GLASS SPONGES’ (HEXACTINELLIDA) SKELETONS GLASS SPONGES (HEXACTINELLIDA) DEMOSPONGES (DEMOSPONGIAE) LITHISTID SPONGES CELLULAR STRUCTURES IN GLASS SPONGES EIFFEL’S DESIGN IN SKELETAL FRAMEWORKS OF GLASS SPONGES SPICULOGENESIS THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIC MATRIX IN BIOSILICA FORMATION BY SPONGES SILICATEIN-BASED SILICI?CATION CHITIN- AND COLLAGEN-BASED SILICI?CATION PHENOMENON OF INTERSPACE MINERALIZATION IN THE BILAYERED ORGANIC MATRIX OF DEEP-SEA BAMBOO CORAL (ANTHOZOA: GORGONACEA: ISIDIDAE) BAMBOO CORALS AS LIVING BONE IMPLANTS SAND DOLLAR SPINES MOLLUSCS SPICULES SPICULES OF NUDIBRANCHIA SPICULES IN APLACOPHORA SPICULES IN POLYPLACOPHORA (CHITONS) ONCHIDELLA SPICULES ONCHIDELLA CELTICA: SILICA-CONTAINING SLUG OR MYSTERY? PART IV NON-MINERALIZED STRUCTURES SPONGIN SPONGIN AS A HALOGENATED SCLEROPROTEIN SPONGIN AS A COLLAGENOUS PROTEIN FUNCTION OF SPONGINS IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SPONGIN-BASED SKELETONS SPONGIN AS A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLD FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING GORGONIN INTRODUCTION INTO THE HISTORY AND CHEMISTRY OF GORGONIN MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF GORGONIN-BASED SKELETONS GORGONIN-BASED SKELETONS AND PALEOCEANOGRAPHIC DYNAMICS ANTIPATHIN BRIEF INTRODUCTION INTO BLACK CORALS CHEMISTRY OF BLACK CORALS MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF ANTIPATHIN-BASED SKELETONS RUBBER-LIKE BIOELASTOMERS OF MARINE ORIGIN HINGE LIGAMENT CHEMISTRY OF THE HINGE LIGAMENT STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF HINGE LIGAMENTS CAPSULAR BIOELASTOMERS OF WHELKS BYSSUS: FROM INSPIRATION TO DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BIOMATERIALS BYSSUS—AN ANCIENT MARINE BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL WHY MOLLUSCS PRODUCE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BYSSUS CHEMISTRY OF BYSSUS AND RELATED PROTEINS M EDULIS ADHESIVE PROTEIN-2 (MEFP-2) M EDULIS ADHESIVE PROTEIN-4 (MEFP-4) BIOMECHANICS AND MATERIALS PROPERTIES OF BYSSUS BIOCOMPOSITE-BASED BYSSUS ABDUCTIN RESILIN ADHESION SYSTEMS IN ECHINODERMATA SEA URCHINS SEA CUCUMBERS SEA STARS ADHESIVE GELS FROM MARINE GASTROPODS (MOLLUSCA) THE ROLE OF MUCUS IN GASTROPOD GELS CHEMISTRY OF GASTROPOD GELS POSSIBLE MECHANISM OF CROSS-LINKING BARNACLE CEMENTS BARNACLES—CRUSTACEANS THAT MIMIC MOLLUSCS “FIRST-KISS” ADHESION BEHAVIOR IN BARNACLES PART V SUCTION-BASED ADHESION IN MARINE INVERTEBRATES SUCTORIAN PROTOZOA SUCTORIAN CILIATES TRICHODINA SUCKER DISK GIARDIA SUCTION SUCTION IN MOLLUSCS LIMPETS CEPHALOPODS HALOGENATED BIOCOMPOSITES POLYCHAETES JAWS CRUSTACEANS ALTERNATIVE CUTICLES CHITIN–PROTEIN-BASED COMPOSITES THE HIGHLY FLEXIBLE SETAE OF HAIRY LOBSTER K HIRSUTA S CROSNIERI STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF E SINENSIS SETAE PART VI MACROMOLECULAR BIOPOLYMERS TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL CHITINOUS SCAFFOLDS OF PORIFERAN ORIGIN MODERN VIEW ON TOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGY, BIODEGRADATION, AND BIOCOMPATIBILITY OF MARINE CHITIN TOXICITY IMMUNOLOGY BIODEGRADABILITY BIOCOMPATIBILITY WOUND DRESSING TISSUE ENGINEERING MARINE COLLAGENS PORIFERAN COLLAGENS COELENTERATES COLLAGENS MOLLUSCS COLLAGENS ECHINODERM COLLAGENS PART VII SELF-MADE BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS SELF-MADE BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS OF PROTOZOANS TESTATE AMOEBA GROMIIDS TINTINNIDS XENOPHYOPHORES FORAMINIFERA FORAMINIFERA: AGGLUTINATION VERSUS BIOMINERALIZATION SILK-BASED SHELL OF STANNOPHYLLUM ZONARIUM SPONGE-IMITATING GIANT FORAMINIFER POLYCHAETE WORMS: FROM TUBE BUILDERS TO GLUEOMICS LARVAE METAMORPHOSIS AND THE INITIAL PHASES OF TUBE FORMATION THE CHEMISTRY OF TUBE CONSTRUCTION FEATURES OF THE PECTINARIID TUBES BIOMIMETIC POTENTIAL OF POLYCHAETES BIOADHESIVES PART VIII EXTREME BIOMIMETICS LIFE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: FROM BACTERIA TO DIATOMS EURYTHERMAL MARINE BIOTA AS SOURCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL BIOMATERIALS BIOSILICI?CATION IN GEOTHERMAL AND HYDROTHERMAL ENVIRONMENTS EPILOGUE ADDITIONAL SOURCES INTERNET RESOURCES