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SUBMITTER: Bianco-Stein N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7284203 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bianco-Stein Nuphar N Polishchuk Iryna I Seiden Gabriel G Villanova Julie J Rack Alexander A Zaslansky Paul P Pokroy Boaz B
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20200421 11
Through controlled biomineralization, organisms yield complicated structures with specific functions. Here, <i>Jania</i> sp., an articulated coralline red alga that secretes high-Mg calcite as part of its skeleton, is in focus. It is shown that <i>Jania</i> sp. exhibits a remarkable structure, which is highly porous (with porosity as high as 64 vol%) and reveals several hierarchical orders from the nano to the macroscale. It is shown that the structure is helical, and proven that its helical con ...[more]