organomineralization

organomineralization

English

Etymology

organo- +‎ mineralization

Noun

organomineralization (uncountable)

1. (geology) The mineralization of organic (biological) material
   • 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:10.1038/srep12601:

     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.