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IUPAC definition Biomineralization:
Complete conversion of
organic substances to
inorganic derivatives by
living organisms,
especially micro-organisms...
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carbon dioxide, water, and
basic elements.
Fungi have been
shown to
biomineralize uranium oxides,
suggesting they may have
application in the bioremediation...
- not known.
Biomineralization is the
production of
mineralized parts by organisms.
Hypotheses to
explain the
evolution of
biomineralization include physiological...
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deposited among the
chitin and
protein molecules in a
process called biomineralization. The
crystals and
fibres interpenetrate and
reinforce each other,...
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Choanoflagellates are a
group of free-living
unicellular and
colonial flagellate eukaryotes considered to be the
closest living relatives of animals. The...
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Institute of Science. She
works on
crystallization in biology,
including biomineralization,
interactions with cells, and
crystallization in cell membranes. She...
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secrete tubes of
calcium carbonate.
Serpulids are the most
important biomineralizers among annelids.
About 300
species in the
family Serpulidae are known...
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following Petit et al. (1999).[clarification needed] δ18O from
biomineralized tissues may also be used in
reconstructing past
environmental conditions...
- a
shallow inland sea to the west. The
limestones were
derived from
biomineralizing marine organisms such as
calcareous algae, brachiopods, and crinoids...
- Porter, S. (1 June 2007). "Seawater
Chemistry and
Early Carbonate Biomineralization". Science. 316 (5829): 1302. Bibcode:2007Sci...316.1302P. doi:10.1126/science...
