Biocalcification in porcelaneous foraminifera.

ABSTRACT: Living organisms control the formation of mineral skeletons and other structures through biomineralization. Major phylogenetic groups usually consistently follow a single biomineralization pathway. Foraminifera, which are very efficient marine calcifiers, making a substantial contribution to global carbonate production and global carbon sequestration, are regarded as an exception. This phylum has been commonly thought to follow two contrasting models of either in situ 'mineralization of extracellular matrix' attributed to hyaline rotaliid shells, or 'mineralization within intracellular vesicles' attributed to porcelaneous miliolid shells. Our previous results on rotaliids along with those on miliolids in this paper question such a wide divergence of biomineralization pathways within

SUBMITTER: Dubicka Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329275 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature