The Calcium Carbonate Shell of Emiliania huxleyi Provides Limited Protection Against Viral Infection

Coccolithophores are an important group of marine phytoplankton which cover themselves with the coccosphere – a shell composed of numerous calcium carbonate (CaCO3) platelets. Despite more than a century of coccolithophore research, it remains speculative why coccolithophores calcify. Resolving this...

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Main Authors: Mathias Haunost, Ulf Riebesell, Lennart T. Bach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.530757/full