Structure and morphogenesis of the bacterial spore coat.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION ............................................................ 360 MORPHOLOGY OF THE SPORE COAT LAYERS ..... ........................ 361 Freeze-Etch Preparations and Sections of Control, Sulfite-Treated, and Mutant Spores ........................................... .......... . 361 Germinating Spores ......................................................... 365 Comparative Structural Features of Various Species ..... ..................... 365 Parasporal Inclusions in Relation to Spore Coats ........ .................. 367 EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COAT POLYPEPTIDES .... .... 371 DIFFERENTIAL SOLUBILIZATION OF SPORE COAT LAYERS .... .......... 381 KINETICS OF SYNTHESIS OF SPORE COAT PROTEIN ..... ................. 385 MORPHOGENESIS OF THE OUTER COAT: INCORPORATION OF HALF-CYSTINE RESIDUES ............................................................ 389 Model for Coat Assembly .................................................. 391 ANALYSIS OF PRESUMPTIVE SPORE COAT MUTANTS .... ................. 394 FUNCTIONS OF THE SPORE COAT ......... ................................. 395 SPORE COAT-RELATED PROTEINS ......... ................................ 396 CRITICAL REVIEW AND SUMMARY ......... ................................ 396 GENERAL REMARKS AND SPECULATIONS ON FUTURE STUDIES .... ..... 398 LITERATURE CITED ......................................................... 399