Biomineralization

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000777",
  "term": "Biomineralization",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The taxonomically widespread process by which living organisms produce minerals for, inter alia, support, defence, and feeding. These minerals often form structural features such as shells of mollusks, skeletons of corals, tests of echinoderms, and bones of vertebrates.",
  "synonyms": [
    "biomineralisation"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "biochemistry",
    "mineralization",
    "minerals",
    "nacre",
    "soil mineralogy",
    "whiting events"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coral Reef Information System: Glossary",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "biomineralización"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/biomineralization/"
}