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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2010 Oct 2;89(1):27–33. doi: 10.1007/s00253-010-2913-8

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Sandcastle worms. A.) The top worm was removed from its tubular shell. The bottom worms have reconstructed portions of their natural sand and seashell tubes with white zirconium oxide beads (0.5 mm) in the laboratory. B.) Close-up of laboratory rebuilt tube. Arrows indicate spots of glue holding beads together.