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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |