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

Figure 8

The decalcified myostracum buried in folia by acetic acid (10 wt.%). (a) fractured myostracum including the folia; (b) decalcification for 30 min; (c) decalcification for 1 hr (scale bar of (a) and (b) 15 μm; scale bar of (c) 7.5 μm).

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