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Contents
8.11 Other Fungi (Mould and Mushrooms) 165
8.12 Algae 167
8.12.1 Localization and Forms in Cells 167
8.12.2 The Dynamics of Polyphosphates in the Course of Growth 171
8.12.3 The Influence of Light and Darkness 172
8.12.4 The Effects of P i Limitation and Excess 174
8.12.5 Changes in Polyphosphate Content under Stress Conditions 175
8.13 Protozoa 175
8.14 Higher Plants 177
8.15 Animals 177

9 Applied Aspects of Polyphosphate Biochemistry 183
9.1 Bioremediation of the Environment 183
9.1.1 Enhanced Biological Phosphate Removal 183
9.1.2 Removal of Heavy Metals from Waste 186
9.2 Polyphosphates and Polyphosphate-Metabolizing Enzymes in Assay
and Synthesis 186
9.3 Polyphosphates in Medicine 188
9.3.1 Antiseptic and Antiviral Agents 188
9.3.2 Polyphosphate Kinase as a Promising Antimicrobial Target 188
9.3.3 Polyphosphates as New Biomaterials 189
9.3.4 Polyphosphates in Bone Therapy and Stomathology 189
9.4 Polyphosphates in Agriculture 190
9.5 Polyphosphates in the Food Industry 190

10 Inorganic Polyphosphates in Chemical and Biological Evolution 193
10.1 Abiogenic Synthesis of Polyphosphates and Pyrophosphate 194
10.2 Phosphorus Compounds in Chemical Evolution 195
10.3 Polyphosphates and Pyrophosphates: Fossil Biochemical Reactions
and the Course of Bioenergetic Evolution 198
10.4 Changes in the Role of Polyphosphates in Organisms at Different
Evolutionary Stages 204

References 211

Index of Generic Names 269

Subject Index 275