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Collagen-Like Glycoprotein BclS Is Involved in the Formation of Filamentous Structures of the Lysinibacillus sphaericus Exosporium.

Zhao N1, Ge Y2, Shi T2, Hu X2, Yuan Z3.
Applied and environmental microbiology.Appl Environ Microbiol.2014 Nov 1;80(21):6656-63. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02238-14. Epub 2014 Aug 22.
Lysinibacillus sphaericus produces mosquitocidal binary toxins (Bin toxins) deposited within a balloon-like exosporium during sporulation. Unlike Bacillus cereus group strains, the exosporium of L. sphaericus is usually devoid of the hair-like nap, an external filamentous structure formed by a colla
PMID 25149519

Microscopic analysis of a native Bacillus thuringiensis strain from Malaysia that produces exosporium-enclosed parasporal inclusion.

Chai PF1, Rathinam X2, Solayappan M2, Ahmad Ghazali AH1, Subramaniam S3.
Microscopy (Oxford, England).Microscopy (Oxf).2014 Oct;63(5):371-5. doi: 10.1093/jmicro/dfu022. Epub 2014 Jun 18.
The current study focused on the microscopic studies of a native Bacillus thuringiensis strain isolated from Malaysia, Bt-S84-13a, that produced an unusual crystal type. Primary detection of parasporal inclusions using a phase contrast microscope presented one to two small crystal proteins in the sp
PMID 24943903

BMQ_0737 encodes a novel protein crucial to the integrity of the outermost layers of Bacillus megaterium QM B1551 spores.

Manetsberger J1, Hall EA, Christie G.
FEMS microbiology letters.FEMS Microbiol Lett.2014 Sep;358(2):162-9. doi: 10.1111/1574-6968.12520. Epub 2014 Jul 21.
Bioinformatic and electron microscopy analyses indicate that the composition of the B. megaterium QM B1551 spore coat is likely to differ substantially from other Bacillus species. We report here on the identification and characterisation of novel B. megaterium proteins that appear to be abundant
PMID 24974944