Fig. 1: Identification of and ACP-like phase in fresh hydrated H. tuberculata larvae. | Nature Communications

Fig. 1: Identification of and ACP-like phase in fresh hydrated H. tuberculata larvae.

From: Inorganic phosphate in growing calcium carbonate abalone shell suggests a shared mineral ancestral precursor

Fig. 1

a Optical microscopy images of H. tuberculata at different stages of development: 48, 72, and 96 hpf. 1H-31P HetCor spectra of b fresh H. tuberculata larvae at 48 hpf and c hydrated synthetic ACP (ACP.H2O). d Comparison of the 1H-31P HetCor extracted 31P rows of H. tuberculata and ACP.H2O. 1H-31P HetCor spectra recorded for e dry 72 hpf H. tuberculata larvae and f dry ewe bone.

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