ArticleFEMS microbiology letters2008
Characterization of a Bacillus anthracis spore coat-surface protein that influences coat-surface morphology.
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- The C-Terminal Zwitterionic Sequence of CotB1 Is Essential for Biosilicification of the Bacillus cereus Spore Coat.Journal of bacteriology · 2016Article
- Sporulation Temperature Reveals a Requirement for CotE in the Assembly of both the Coat and Exosporium Layers of Bacillus cereus Spores.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2016Article
- Bacillus thuringiensis as a surrogate for Bacillus anthracis in aerosol research.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2014Review
- A novel spore protein, ExsM, regulates formation of the exosporium in Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis and affects spore size and shape.Journal of bacteriology · 2010Article
- Roles of the Bacillus anthracis spore protein ExsK in exosporium maturation and germination.Journal of bacteriology · 2009Article
- Localization and assembly of proteins comprising the outer structures of the Bacillus anthracis spore.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2009Article
- Modeling gastrointestinal anthrax disease.Research in microbiologyArticle
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Abstract
Bacterial spores are encased in a multilayered proteinaceous shell, called the coat. In many Bacillus spp., the coat protects against environmental assault and facilitates germination. In Bacillus anthracis, the spore is the etiological agent of anthrax, and the functions of the coat likely contribute to virulence. Here, we characterize a B. anthracis spore protein, called Cotbeta, which is encoded only in the genomes of the Bacillus cereus group. We found that Cotbeta is synthesized specifically during sporulation and is assembled onto the spore coat surface. Our analysis of a cotbeta null mutant in the Sterne strain reveals that Cotbeta has a role in determining coat-surface morphology but does not detectably affect germination. In the fully virulent Ames strain, a cotbeta null mutation has no effect on virulence in a murine model of B. anthracis infection.
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