A novel type of cell wall structure with two periodic layers (S-layer) of a Bacillus sp. strain KL1

Johanna Wahlberg; Soile Tynkkynen; Niina Taylor; Jussi Uotila; Kimmo Kuusinen; Max Kuusinen; Max Häggblom; Jouni Viljanen; Ritva Villstedt; Eeva Liisa Nurmiaho-Lassila; Kari Lounatmaa

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb01986.x

A novel type of cell wall structure with two periodic layers (S-layer) of a Bacillus sp. strain KL1

Johanna Wahlberg, Soile Tynkkynen, Niina Taylor, Jussi Uotila, Kimmo Kuusinen, Max Kuusinen, Max Häggblom, Jouni Viljanen, Ritva Villstedt, Eeva Liisa Nurmiaho-Lassila, Kari Lounatmaa

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A motile Gram-positive bacterial strain (KL1) was isolated from degrading wood of birch (Betula sp.). It was identified as a species of Bacillus. The Bacillus sp. strain KL1 was characterised with different electron microscopic techniques; negative staining, thin sectioning and freeze-etching. The cell wall structure of this flagellated bacterium was exceptional, with a periodic layer (S-layer), on both sides of the unperiodic cell wall layer. The tetragonally arranged protein lattice, also found around the cells in the medium, had a lattice constant of about 16 nm.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	75-79
Number of pages	5
Journal	FEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume	40
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb01986.x
State	Published - Jan 1987
Externally published	Yes

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Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Genetics

Keywords

Bacillus sp
Cell wall
S-layer

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