organomineralization

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

organo- +‎ mineralization

Noun[edit]

organomineralization (uncountable)

  1. (geology) The mineralization of organic (biological) material
    • 2015 July 27, J. M. Mobberley et al., “Inner workings of thrombolites: spatial gradients of metabolic activity as revealed by metatranscriptome profiling”, in Scientific Reports[1], volume 5, →DOI:
      Additionally, metatranscriptomic analyses will help delineate the specific roles that each taxa and functional group plays in coordinating the spatial gradients of metabolic activity that ultimately lead to biologically induced organomineralization.