organomineralization

noun

The mineralization of organic (biological) material

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Meanings

nounorganomineralization (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegeographyThe mineralization of organic (biological) material

    Additionally, metatranscriptomic analyses will help delineate the specific roles that each taxa and functional group plays in coordinating the spatial gradients of metabolic activity that ultimately lead to biologically induced organomineralization.

    2015 July 27, J. M. Mobberley et al., “Inner workings of thrombolites: spatial gradients of metabolic activity as revealed by metatranscriptome profiling”, in Scientific Reports, volume 5, →DOI

Origin

From organo- + mineralization.

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