Organomineralization Derived from the Biomineralization: An Important Theme within the Framework of Geobiology

详细信息   

• 责任者：Mei Mingxiang (School of Earth Sciences and Natural Resources ; China University of Geosciences ; Beijing 100083 ; China)
• 刊名：Geological Review
• 出版年：2012
• 卷期：58(5)
• 关键词：生物成矿作用 ; biomineralization
• 页码：p.937-951
• 图表：7 illus., 159 refs.
• 分类号：1000
• issnNo：ISSN0371-5736
• isbnNo：CN11-1952/P

摘要

Traditionally, the concept of biomineralization has been defined as the mineral formation by organism and further has been grouped into two types, i.e. the biologically controlled and the biologically induced biomineralizations.  Correspondingly, the concept of  “organomineralization” that is derived from the broad biomineralization is used to describe a mineral formation linked to non-living organic substances, and the product resulted from the organomineralization is defined as the “organomineral”, i.e. refers to minerals that are affected by organics, mostly life-related, but not directly produced by living cells. Thus, the chief difference between the biomineral and the organomineral is that the later can not incorporate into functional structures under strict biological control.