The Calcium Carbonate Shell of Emiliania huxleyi Provides Limited Protection Against Viral Infection
Coccolithophores are an important group of marine phytoplankton which cover themselves with the coccosphere – a shell composed of numerous calcium carbonate (CaCO3) platelets. Despite more than a century of coccolithophore research, it remains speculative why coccolithophores calcify. Resolving this...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Marine Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.530757/full |