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Cell Envelopes of Crenarchaeota and Nanoarchaeota

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Prokaryotic Cell Wall Compounds

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The Crenarchaeota are a phylogenetically distinct group, based on sequence comparisons of abundant macromolecules (rRNA; many proteins). Most of the species, which are cultivated and characterized ultrastructurally, have distinct features in common: a lipid membrane, a quasi-periplasmic space, and an S-layer on top, as the outermost cell envelope component. The characteristics of the cell envelope, as far as are known today, are summarized in this review.

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Rachel, R. (2010). Cell Envelopes of Crenarchaeota and Nanoarchaeota. 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_9

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