Biomineralize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To mineralize within a biological organism; e.g. to form bone (in vertebrates) or silica skeleton (in diatoms).
"Instead, it seems more likely that this organism biomineralizes and arranges endogenous magnetite crystals in a highly controlled fashion within the cell where intracellular structural elements play a significant role in magnetosome, as has been shown for magnetotactic prokaryotes."
Example
More examples"Instead, it seems more likely that this organism biomineralizes and arranges endogenous magnetite crystals in a highly controlled fashion within the cell where intracellular structural elements play a significant role in magnetosome, as has been shown for magnetotactic prokaryotes."
Etymology
From bio- + mineralize.
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