biomineralize en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English mineralize English biomineralize From bio- + mineralize.
Meanings
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To mineralize within a biological organism; e.g. to form bone (in vertebrates) or silica skeleton (in diatoms).
Instead, it seems more likely that this organism biomineralizes and arranges endogenous magnetite crystals in a highly controlled fashion within the cell where intracellular structural elements play a significant role in magnetosome, as has been shown for magnetotactic prokaryotes.
2011, Alexander Altenbach, Anoxia: Evidence for Eukaryote Survival and Paleontological Strategies:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| biomineralized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| biomineralized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| biomineralizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| biomineralizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |