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Accession
GO:0043592
Name
exosporium
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
epispore, exospore, perispore
Alternate IDs
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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
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History
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Subset
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Parents of exosporium (GO:0043592)
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exosporium [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  endospore external encapsulating structure (GO:0043591)
exosporium [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
exosporium [RO:0002162 relation] RO:0002162  Bacteria (NCBITaxon:2)

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