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Influence of intra-skeletal coral lipids on calcium carbonate precipitation

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CRYSTENGCOMM
Volume 18, Issue 46, Pages 8829-8833

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c6ce01939k

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  1. European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme/ERC [CoralWarm: Corals and global warming: the Mediterranean versus the Red Sea] [249930]
  2. CIRCMSB

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Recent research studies have shown that the intra-skeletal organic matrix of corals contains lipids. This communication reports their characterization and their influence on calcium carbonate precipitation. In addition, their potential role in coral's biomineralization is discussed.

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