Effect of Coccolith Polysaccharides Isolated from the Coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi, on Calcite Crystal Formation in In Vitro CaCO 3 Crystallization

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-92

  Kayano, Keisuke ^a   Saruwatari, Kazuko ^b   Kogure, Toshihiro ^b   Shiraiwa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid polysaccharide; Biomineralization; Calcium carbonate crystalization; Coccolith; Coccolith polysaccharide; Emiliania huxleyi

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE GEL; ANIONIC POLYMERS; BIOMINERALIZATION PROCESS; CALCITE CRYSTALS; COCCOLITH; COCCOLITH POLYSACCHARIDE; COCCOLITHOPHORIDS; EBSD ANALYSIS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IN-VITRO; MAIN CHAINS; PLASTIC PLATES; SEM; TABULAR CRYSTALS; TEM OBSERVATIONS; URONIC ACIDS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GELS; OCEAN HABITATS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYSACCHARIDES;

CALCITE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

AGAR; BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCIFICATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; COCCOLITH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PLASTIC; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFATE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HAPTOPHYTA; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HAPTOPHYTA; POLYSACCHARIDES;

EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; HAPTOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79952282294     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9272-4     Document Type: Article

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