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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-393-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-393-2021
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18 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 18 Jan 2021

Carbonic anhydrase is involved in calcification by the benthic foraminifer Amphistegina lessonii

Siham de Goeyse, Alice E. Webb, Gert-Jan Reichart, and Lennart J. de Nooijer

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Foraminifera are calcifying organisms that play a role in the marine inorganic-carbon cycle and are widely used to reconstruct paleoclimates. However, the fundamental process by which they calcify remains essentially unknown. Here we use inhibitors to show that an enzyme is speeding up the conversion between bicarbonate and CO2. This helps the foraminifera acquire sufficient carbon for calcification and might aid their tolerance to elevated CO2 level.
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