Abstract
The different cell wall structures of prokaryotic organisms, in particular the outermost envelope layers facing the surrounding environment, reflect evolutionary adaptations of the organisms to a broad spectrum of selection criteria in a natural habitat. Among them are crystalline cell surface layers (S-layers) that have been identified as common features of organisms belonging to the prokaryotic domains Bacteria and Archaea. In this chapter, we deal predominantly with bacterial S-layers, since archaeal S-layers are covered separately in Chaps. 10–12.
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Financial support from the Austrian Science Fund [FWF, projects P18013-B10 (P.M.), P18510-B12 (E.M.E.), P19047-B12 (C.S), P20605-B12 (C.S.)], the Erwin-Schrödinger Society for Nanosciences, the FP6 EC STREP NASSAP (project 13352; U.B.S.), the Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung der Stadt Wien, project H-1809/2006 (C.S.), and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA [AFOSR, projects F49620-03-1-0222 and FA9550-07-1-0313 (U.B.S.)] is gratefully acknowledged.
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Messner, P., Schäffer, C., Egelseer, EM., Sleytr, U.B. (2010). Occurrence, Structure, Chemistry, Genetics, Morphogenesis, and Functions of S-Layers. In: König, H., Claus, H., Varma, A. (eds) Prokaryotic Cell Wall Compounds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05062-6_2
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