title: Titanium biomaterials: titania needles in the test of the foraminiferan Bathysiphon argenteus.
abstract: Scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive microanalysis confirms the rare occurrence of a titanium mineral in the test of an organism.
authors.affiliation: Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Valentine
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014025:Titanium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium