Characteristics of the Aragonitic Layer in Adult Oyster Shells, Crassostrea gigas: Structural Study of Myostracum including the Adductor Muscle Scar

Figure 4

SEM images of the myostracum. (a) Central AMS (adductor muscle scar) and (b) the area between the central AMS and the edge of the scar on the posterior side (Scale bar of (a), (b), and (c) 6 μm).

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