An Ultrastructural Approach to Analogies between Fungal Structures and Needle Fiber Calcite

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 301-313

  Bindschedler, Saskia ^a   Millière, Laure ^a   Cailleau, Guillaume ^a   Job, Daniel ^b   Verrecchia, Eric P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biomineralization; geomycology; hyphal cell wall; needle fiber calcite; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; FUNGUS; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEATHERING;

FUNGI;

EID: 84857319067     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2011.558565     Document Type: Article

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