… The extent to which various marine organisms precipitate aragonite, calcite and high-magnesium
calcite is in some cases largely a function of their environment (‘biologically induced’ …

… organism of choice for biomineralization since genetic tools are available for the generation
of knock-out mutants, which allows the precise molecular … herbivorous marine organisms that …

… also does not contain tightly-associated water molecules. It has been shown that mollusk …
be paid to the preservation states of shells of marine organisms in deep-sea sediments. We will …

… such as molecular templating, … biominerals are the most abundant crystalline biogenic
minerals found in nature. CaCO 3 is present, in particular, in fresh water and marine organisms, …

… the cellular biology of shell biomineralization. The construction of the … biominerals and deliver
them to the mineralization sites. Many novel SMPs have been identified by using molecular …

… biominerals. Furthermore, Crustacea is the only phylum of … , more pronounced in the marine
species even with similar … , at the molecular level, how a biomineralization is elaborated…

… On the contrary, common appearance of aragonitic shells in freshwater species, which
contain much lower content of Mg2+ in their extrapallial fluid than those of the marine species, …

… the biological pathways of biomineralization. Our approach is … organisms: the enormously
abundant unicellular marine … (19) This is demonstrated by the fact that small molecules …

… biomineralization by Achromatium oxaliferum, although at that time the taxonomic affiliation
of this giant sulfur bacterium was uncertain and the identity of the biominerals … that marine …

… How the association between biominerals and organic molecules affects the stability and
mobility of mineral phases is a very important issue that must be considered. On the one hand, …