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biomineralizing

biomineralizing is the present participle and gerund of biomineralize.

Meaning of biomineralize

Verb

biomineralize (third-person singular simple present biomineralizes, present participle biomineralizing, simple past and past participle biomineralized)

  1. 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

Questions about biomineralizing

What is biomineralizing the present participle and gerund of?
Biomineralizing is the present participle and gerund of biomineralize.

Words near biomineralizing in the dictionary

  1. biomineralize
  2. biomineralized
  3. biomineralizer
  4. biomineralizers
  5. biomineralizes
  6. biomineralizing
  7. biomineralogy
  8. biominerals
  9. biomining
  10. biomixing
  11. biomixture

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