Biomineralisation by earthworms – an investigation into the stability and distribution of amorphous calcium carbonate

Chemical controls on the magnesium content of amorphous calcium carbonate

(2015) C.R. Blue et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Particle Accretion Mechanism Underlies Biological Crystal Growth from an Amorphous Precursor Phase

(2014) Assaf Gal et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Neutron and X-ray diffraction and empirical potential structure refinement modelling of magnesium stabilised amorphous calcium carbonate

(2014) G. Cobourne et al.   JOURNAL OF NON-CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS

Can earthworm-secreted calcium carbonate immobilise Zn in contaminated soils?

(2014) L. Brinza et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Environmental controls on the production of calcium carbonate by earthworms

(2014) Emma A.A. Versteegh et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Structural characterization of amorphous calcium carbonate-binding protein: an insight into the mechanism of amorphous calcium carbonate formation

(2013) Jingtan Su et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Stabilized by a Flexible Biomimetic Polymer Inspired by Marine Mussels

(2013) Sha-Sha Wang et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Incorporation of strontium in earthworm-secreted calcium carbonate granules produced in strontium-amended and strontium-bearing soil

(2013) Loredana Brinza et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The role of Mg in the crystallization of monohydrocalcite

(2013) Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Combining µXANES and µXRD mapping to analyse the heterogeneity in calcium carbonate granules excreted by the earthwormLumbricus terrestris

(2013) Loredana Brinza et al.   JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION

Mechanistic Insights into the Crystallization of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate (ACC)

(2012) Pieter Bots et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Assessing amino acid racemization variability in coral intra-crystalline protein for geochronological applications

(2012) Erica J. Hendy et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Mineralogical characterization of the Nkamouna Co–Mn laterite ore, southeast Cameroon

(2012) G. Lambiv Dzemua et al.   MINERALIUM DEPOSITA

Phase transitions in biogenic amorphous calcium carbonate

(2012) Y. U. T. Gong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Isolation of the intra-crystalline proteins and kinetic studies in Struthio camelus (ostrich) eggshell for amino acid geochronology

(2012) Molly Crisp et al.   Quaternary Geochronology

Intra-crystalline protein diagenesis (IcPD) in Patella vulgata. Part I: Isolation and testing of the closed system

(2012) B. Demarchi et al.   Quaternary Geochronology

An aminostratigraphy for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula

(2012) Kirsty E.H. Penkman et al.   QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS

Soil pH governs production rate of calcium carbonate secreted by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris

(2011) D.C. Lambkin et al.   APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY

Incorporation of lead into calcium carbonate granules secreted by earthworms living in lead contaminated soils

(2011) A. Fraser et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

The role of pH and Mg on the stability and crystallization of amorphous calcium carbonate

(2011) J.D. Rodriguez-Blanco et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS

Production and dissolution rates of earthworm-secreted calcium carbonate

(2011) Denise C. Lambkin et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Decoupling Local Disorder and Optical Effects in Infrared Spectra: Differentiating Between Calcites with Different Origins

(2010) Kristin M. Poduska et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Structural Control of Crystal Nuclei by an Eggshell Protein

(2010) Colin L. Freeman et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Facile Fabrication of Honeycomb-Patterned Thin Films of Amorphous Calcium Carbonate and Mosaic Calcite

(2010) Cheng Li et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Spherulitic Growth of Calcium Carbonate

(2010) Ralf Beck et al.   CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN

Stabilization of amorphous calcium carbonate by phosphate rich organic matrix proteins and by single phosphoamino acids

(2010) Shmuel Bentov et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

The kinetics and mechanisms of amorphous calcium carbonate (ACC) crystallization to calcite, viavaterite.

(2010) Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco et al.   Nanoscale

On the Stability of Amorphous Minerals in Lobster Cuticle

(2009) Ali Al-Sawalmih et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Magnesium-aspartate-based crystallization switch inspired from shell molt of crustacean

(2009) Jinhui Tao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biomimetic Model Systems for Investigating the Amorphous Precursor Pathway and Its Role in Biomineralization

(2008) Laurie B. Gower   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Earthworms produce granules of intricately zoned calcite

(2008) Martin R. Lee et al.   GEOLOGY

Amorphous calcium carbonate biomineralization in the earthworm’s calciferous gland: Pathways to the formation of crystalline phases

(2008) L. Gago-Duport et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Biological control over the formation and storage of amorphous calcium carbonate by earthworms

(2008) M. J. I. Briones et al.   MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE

How to make ‘stable’ ACC: protocol and preliminary structural characterization

(2008) J. D. Rodriguez-Blanco et al.   MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE

Closed-system behaviour of the intra-crystalline fraction of amino acids in mollusc shells

(2007) K.E.H. Penkman et al.   Quaternary Geochronology