Term Information

Accession
GO:0043592
Name
exosporium
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
epispore, exospore, perispore
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The outermost layer of a bacterial endospore, which is loosely attached and located outside of the endospore coat. It is generally composed of protein, carbohydrate, and perhaps lipid. Source: GOC:mlg
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0043592 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of exosporium (GO:0043592)
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exosporium [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
exosporium [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  endospore external encapsulating structure (GO:0043591)

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