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Novel biomineralization strategy in calcareous foraminifera

This work shows that calcareous benthic foraminifera are capable of agglutinating sedimentary particles also. In particular, we focus on Melonis barleeanus. Traditionally considered a calcareous species, our data revealed the presence of minute (~3 μm) sedimentary particles (silicate grains) inside...

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Autores principales: Borrelli, C., Panieri, G., Dahl, T. M., Neufeld, K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6033919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29976938
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28400-2