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From: Transformation of the matrix structure of shrimp shells during bacterial deproteination and demineralization

Figure 4

TEM based structural and elemental investigations of shrimp shells. Comparison of morphological details of P. monodon shrimp shells with element distribution by overlay of bright-field and energy-filtered TEM images in a) Exocuticle and b) Endocuticle before biological chitin treatment, c) Endocuticle between deproteination and demineralization and d) Endocuticle after deproteination and demineralization.

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