Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers

✍ Scribed by O. Kandler (auth.), Professor Dr. Uwe B. Sleytr, Dr. Paul Messner, Dr. Dietmar Pum, Dr. Margit Sára (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 204
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Comparative Chemistry of the Rigid Cell Wall Component and its Phylogenetic Implications....Pages 1-6
Comparative Aspects on Archaeobacterial Proteinaceous Cell Envelopes....Pages 7-10
Evidence for the Glycoprotein Nature of Eubacterial S-Layers....Pages 11-16
The Surface Layers of Lampropedia hyalina ....Pages 17-20
A Glycoprotein Surface Layer Covers the Pseudomurein Sacculus of the Extreme Thermophile Methanothermus fervidus ....Pages 21-25
The Structure, Chemistry and Physicochemistry of the Methanospirillum hungatei GP1 Sheath....Pages 26-30
Ultrastructural and Biochemical Studies of the Cell Sheath of Methanothrix soehngenii ....Pages 31-35
The S-Layers of Aquaspirillum serpens ....Pages 36-39
Image Analysis of the Two Patterns from Negatively Stained A-Layers of Aeromonas salmonicida: Correction for Lattice Distortions....Pages 40-43
The A-Layer of Aeromonas salmonicida: Organization and Functions....Pages 44-50
Thermoresistance of A-Layer—Deficient Mutants of Aeromonas salmonicida ....Pages 51-54
The S-Layer of Pathogenic Strains of Aeromonas hydrophila ....Pages 55-59
The Three-Dimensional Structure of Bacterial Surface Layers....Pages 60-64
Characterization of the Surface Protein of Comamonas acidovorans ....Pages 65-69
The Surface Protein of the Archaebacterium Thermoproteus tenax ....Pages 70-74
The Structure of Surface Proteins in Sulfolobus ....Pages 75-78
Structure of the Surface Glycoprotein from Halobacterium volcanii as Revealed by Electron Microscopy....Pages 79-82
The Structure of the Surface Protein of Thermotoga maritima ....Pages 83-86
Three-Dimensional Structure of Surface Layers from Various Bacillus and Clostridium Species....Pages 87-91
Paracrystalline Surface Layer of a Novel Bacillus sp M3198....Pages 92-95
Three-Dimensional Structure of the Regular Tetragonal Surface Layer of Azotobacter vinelandii ....Pages 96-100
Structure and Assembly of the Oblique S-Layer Lattice of Bacillus stearothermophilus Strain NRS 2004/3a....Pages 101-104
Charge Distribution of S-Layers and Importance of Charged Groups for Morphogenesis and Function....Pages 105-108
Localized Insertion of New S-Layer During Growth of Bacillus stearothermophilus Strain PV72....Pages 109-113
Crystalline Surface Layers in Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from a Patient with Secretory Otitis Media and a Draining Ear....Pages 114-117
Occurrence and Characterization of S-Layers in Oral Bacteria....Pages 118-121
Ultrastructural Comparison of Bacteroides heparinolyticus and Bacteroides buccae ....Pages 122-126
S-Layer in Cyanobacteria....Pages 127-132
Cloning and Sequencing of the S-Layer Glycoprotein Gene of Halobacterium halobium ....Pages 133-139
The Primary Structure of the HPI-Layer Polypeptide of Deinococcus radiodurans ....Pages 140-144
Characterization and Application of S-Layer Protein Gene for Production of Foreign Proteins in a Protein-Producing Bacillus brevis 47....Pages 145-148
Permebility Properties and the Use of S-Layers for the Production of Ultrafiltration Membranes....Pages 149-153
Comparative Studies on Synthetic and S-Layer Ultrafiltration Membranes....Pages 154-159
Back Matter....Pages 160-193

✦ Subjects

Microbiology; Cell Biology; Medical Microbiology