the most essential part of a living cell - the chromosome fibre- may suitably be called an aperiodic crystal.
compare this with crystalized information as expounded in: Hidalgo, César A. Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies. Basic Books, 2015, https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/cesar-hidalgo/why-information-grows/9780465048991/.