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SUBMITTER: Toyofuku T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5290161 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toyofuku Takashi T Matsuo Miki Y MY de Nooijer Lennart Jan LJ Nagai Yukiko Y Kawada Sachiko S Fujita Kazuhiko K Reichart Gert-Jan GJ Nomaki Hidetaka H Tsuchiya Masashi M Sakaguchi Hide H Kitazato Hiroshi H
Nature communications 20170127
Ongoing ocean acidification is widely reported to reduce the ability of calcifying marine organisms to produce their shells and skeletons. Whereas increased dissolution due to acidification is a largely inorganic process, strong organismal control over biomineralization influences calcification and hence complicates predicting the response of marine calcifyers. Here we show that calcification is driven by rapid transformation of bicarbonate into carbonate inside the cytoplasm, achieved by active ...[more]