biomineralize

English

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(biology) To mineralize within a biological organism; e.g. to form bone (in vertebrates) or silica skeleton (in diatoms).
- 2011, Alexander Altenbach, Anoxia: Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies:
  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.