Research Article

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

Figure 7

FTIR spectra of the fractured folia and myostracum on the anterior side (black star: amide I, double black stars: C=O bond). (a) Folia by fracturing in first, (b) foliated lath by fracturing in second, (c) foliated lath by fracturing in third, and (d) folia and myostracum buried in folia.
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