Architecture and Self-Assembly of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium sporogenes</named-content> and <named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium botulinum</named-content> Spore Surfaces Illustrate a General Protective Strategy across Spore Formers

ABSTRACT Spores, the infectious agents of many Firmicutes, are remarkably resilient cell forms. Even distant relatives can have similar spore architectures although some display unique features; they all incorporate protective proteinaceous envelopes. We previously found that Bacillus spores can ach...

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Main Authors: Thamarai K. Janganan, Nic Mullin, Ainhoa Dafis-Sagarmendi, Jason Brunt, Svetomir B. Tzokov, Sandra Stringer, Anne Moir, Roy R. Chaudhuri, Robert P. Fagan, Jamie K. Hobbs, Per A. Bullough
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-08-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00424-20