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A Layered Structure in the Organic Envelopes of the Prismatic Layer of the Shell of the Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Mollusca, Bivalvia)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Y. Dauphin ,
A. Brunelle ,
M. Cotte ,
J.P. Cuif ,
B. Farre ,
O. Laprévote ,
A. Meibom ,
M. Salomé  and
C.T. Williams
Y. Dauphin*
Affiliation:
UMR IDES 8148, Bat. 504, Université Paris XI – Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
A. Brunelle
Affiliation:
Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
M. Cotte
Affiliation:
ID21, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
J.P. Cuif
Affiliation:
UMR IDES 8148, Bat. 504, Université Paris XI – Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
B. Farre
Affiliation:
UMR IDES 8148, Bat. 504, Université Paris XI – Orsay, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
O. Laprévote
Affiliation:
Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS UPR 2301, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France IFR 71, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Descartes, 4, Avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
A. Meibom
Affiliation:
UMS 2679 LEME, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
M. Salomé
Affiliation:
ID21, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
C.T. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Mineralogy, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
*
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The organic interprismatic layers of the mollusc Pinctada margaritifera are studied using a variety of highly spatially-resolved techniques to establish their composition and structure. Our results show that both the interlamellar sheets of the nacre and interprismatic envelopes form layered structures. Additionally, these organic layers are neither homogeneous in composition, nor continuous in their structure. Both structures play a major role in the biomineralization process and act as a boundary between mineral units.

Keywords

biomineralizationmollusc shellorganic membranesAFMEPMANanoSIMSTOF-SIMSFTIRXANES
Type
Biological Imaging: Techniques Development and Applications
Information
Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 2010 , pp. 91 - 98
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Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2010

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