In the present study, we investigated the shell microstructures of the gastropod European
abalone Haliotis tuberculata in order to clarify the complex spatial distribution of the different …

New developments in high-resolution, low accelaration voltage electron backscatter
diffraction (EBSD) enable us to resolve and quantify the co-orientation of nanocrystals …

Stromatolites have been extensively used as indicators of ancient life on Earth. Although
much work has been done on modern stromatolites, the extent to which biological processes …

In arthropods the cuticle forms an exoskeleton with its physical and chemical properties
adapted to functions of distinct skeletal elements. The cuticle of the partes incisivae (PI) in …

Mytilus edulis prismatic calcite and nacre layers exhibit a crystallographic structural
hierarchy which differs substantially from the morphological hierarchy. This makes these …

Although carbonate-precipitating cyanobacteria are ubiquitous in aquatic ecosystems today,
the criteria used to identify them in the geological record are subjective and rarely testable …

The shell of the gastropod mollusc, abalone, is comprised of nacre with an outer prismatic
layer that is composed of either calcite or aragonite or both, depending on the species. A …

Background Mollusc shells are commonly investigated using high-resolution imaging
techniques based on cryo-fixation. Less detailed information is available regarding the light …

Researchers have discovered that the aragonite nanofibers are packed as highly ordered
cross-lamellar structures in the shells of Giant clam Tridacna gigas and have excellent …

The work presented here investigates the nucleation sites and corresponding controlling
mechanisms of biogenic aragonite crystals from bivalve nacre. We find that they always …