Calcareous sponge biomineralization: Ultrastructural and compositional heterogeneity of spicules in Leuconia johnstoni Carter, 1871

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-109

  Kopp, Christophe ^a   Meibom, Anders ^a   Beyssac, Olivier ^a   Stolarski, Jarosław ^b   Djediat, Shakib ^c   Szlachetko, Jakub ^d   Domart Coulon, Isabelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

Biomineralization; Calcareous sponge; Calcite; Composition; Spicule; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; MAGNESIUM; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCAREOUS ALGA; LEUCONIA JOHNSTONI; MINERALOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CALCIUM; FRANCE; MAGNESIUM; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PORIFERA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; SULFUR;

CALCAREA; CALCARONEA; LEUCONIA JOHNSTONI;

EID: 78649907530     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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