Metal Ions in Life Sciences links coordination chemistry and biochemistry in their widest sense and thus increases our understanding of the relationship between the chemistry of metals and life processes; in fact, it is an old wisdom that metals are indispensable for life. The series reflects the interdisciplinary nature of Biological Inorganic Chemistry and coordinates the efforts of scientists in numerous interconnecting research fields. --.

• About the Editors
• Historical Development and Perspectives of the Series
• Preface to Volume 21
• Contents
• Contributors to Volume 21
• Titles of Volumes 1–44 in the Metal Ions in Biological Systems Series
• Contents of Volumes in the Metal Ions in Life Sciences Series
• 1 INTRODUCTION: FROM ROCKS TO LIVING CELLS
• 2 MICROBES: MASTERS OF THE GLOBAL ELEMENT CYCLES
• 3 BIOLOGICAL ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION AND EARTH HISTORY: FROM ENZYMES, TO CELLS, TO ECOSYSTEMS
• 4 IMAGING TRACE METALS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
• 5 MINERALS AND THE EMERGENCE OF LIFE
• 6 THE FORMATION OF IRON BIOMINERALS IN MAGNETOTACTIC BACTERIA
• 7 LIVING ON IRON
• 8 EXTRACELLULAR REDOX CHEMISTRY
• 9 COPING WITH TOXIC METALS
• 10 THE BIOCHEMISTRY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS
• SUBJECT INDEX
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