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Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Uwe B. Sleytr

    1. Zentrum für Ultrastrukturforschung der Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria

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  2. Paul Messner

    1. Zentrum für Ultrastrukturforschung der Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria

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  3. Dietmar Pum

    1. Zentrum für Ultrastrukturforschung der Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria

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  4. Margit Sára

    1. Zentrum für Ultrastrukturforschung der Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria

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Crystalline surface layers (S-layers) represent an almost universal feature of archaebacterial cell envelopes and can be found in gram-positive and gram-negative eubacterial species from nearly all phylogenetic branches. S-layers consist of a single protein- or glycoprotein species and thus can be considered as one of the most primitive membrane structures developed during evolution. Prokaryotes carrying S-layers are ubiquitously found in every part of the biosphere. This supports the concept of a general supramolecular "porous crystalline surface layer" fulfilling a broad spectrum of functions which are strongly dependent on the particular environmental and ecological conditions. Their structural simplicity makes S-layers a suitable model for analyzing structure-function relationships as well as dynamic aspects of membrane morphogenesis.

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Table of contents (33 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Comparative Chemistry of the Rigid Cell Wall Component and its Phylogenetic Implications

    • O. Kandler
    Pages 1-6

  3. Comparative Aspects on Archaeobacterial Proteinaceous Cell Envelopes

    • H. König
    Pages 7-10

  4. Evidence for the Glycoprotein Nature of Eubacterial S-Layers

    • P. Messner, U. B. Sleytr
    Pages 11-16

  5. The Surface Layers of Lampropedia hyalina

    • J. W. Austin, R. G. E. Murray
    Pages 17-20

  6. A Glycoprotein Surface Layer Covers the Pseudomurein Sacculus of the Extreme Thermophile Methanothermus fervidus

    • E. Nußer, E. Hartmann, H. Allmeier, H. König, G. Paul, K. O. Stetter
    Pages 21-25

  7. The Structure, Chemistry and Physicochemistry of the Methanospirillum hungatei GP1 Sheath

    • T. J. Beveridge, M. Sára, D. Pum, G. D. Sprott, M. Stewart, U. B. Sleytr
    Pages 26-30

  8. Ultrastructural and Biochemical Studies of the Cell Sheath of Methanothrix soehngenii

    • P. Debeire, P. Pellerin, H. C. Dubourguier, B. Fournet, G. Prensier, G. Albagnac
    Pages 31-35

  9. The S-Layers of Aquaspirillum serpens

    • S. F. Koval, M. L. Kist, R. G. E. Murray
    Pages 36-39

  10. Image Analysis of the Two Patterns from Negatively Stained A-Layers of Aeromonas salmonicida: Correction for Lattice Distortions

    • M. Stewart, T. J. Beveridge
    Pages 40-43

  11. The A-Layer of Aeromonas salmonicida: Organization and Functions

    • W. W. Kay, B. M. Phipps, R. A. Garduño, T. J. Trust
    Pages 44-50

  12. Thermoresistance of A-Layer—Deficient Mutants of Aeromonas salmonicida

    • E. E. Ishiguro
    Pages 51-54

  13. The S-Layer of Pathogenic Strains of Aeromonas hydrophila

    • J. S. G. Dooley, R. G. E. Murray, T. J. Trust
    Pages 55-59

  14. The Three-Dimensional Structure of Bacterial Surface Layers

    • S. Hovmöller, A. Sjögren, D. N. Wang
    Pages 60-64

  15. Characterization of the Surface Protein of Comamonas acidovorans

    • S. Gerbl-Rieger, S. Schneider, H. Engelhardt, J. Peters, W. Baumeister
    Pages 65-69

  16. The Surface Protein of the Archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax

    • I. Wildhaber, A. Engel, W. Baumeister
    Pages 70-74

  17. The Structure of Surface Proteins in Sulfolobus

    • W. Baumeister, R. Prüschenk
    Pages 75-78

  18. Structure of the Surface Glycoprotein from Halobacterium volcanii as Revealed by Electron Microscopy

    • M. Kessel, I. Wildhaber, S. Cohen, W. Baumeister
    Pages 79-82

  19. The Structure of the Surface Protein of Thermotoga maritima

    • R. Rachel, I. Wildhaber, K. O. Stetter, W. Baumeister
    Pages 83-86

  20. Three-Dimensional Structure of Surface Layers from Various Bacillus and Clostridium Species

    • H. Engelhardt, Z. Cejka, W. Baumeister
    Pages 87-91
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Zentrum für Ultrastrukturforschung der Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien, Austria

    Uwe B. Sleytr, Paul Messner, Dietmar Pum, Margit Sára

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers

  • Editors: Uwe B. Sleytr, Paul Messner, Dietmar Pum, Margit Sára

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73537-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-73539-4Published: 16 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-73537-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 193

  • Topics: Microbiology, Cell Biology, Medical Microbiology

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