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NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 9, Issue 6, Pages 414-426Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2576
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- Dutch Science Organization (NWO)
- Max Planck Society
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At first glance, archaea and bacteria look alike; however, the composition of the archaeal cell envelope is fundamentally different from the bacterial cell envelope. With just one exception, all archaea characterized to date have only a single membrane and most are covered by a paracrystalline protein layer. This Review discusses our current knowledge of the composition of the archaeal cell surface. We describe the wide range of cell wall polymers, O- and N-glycosylated extracellular proteins and other cell surface structures that archaea use to interact with their environment.
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