Advances in Bacterial Paracrystalline Surface Layers

Introduction: A Perspective on SLayer Research (R.G.E. Murray). Structural Analysis of SLayers: SLayers Found on Clinical Isolates (K. Lounatmaa et al.). SLayers of Agricultural and Environmental Importance: Predation on Bacteria Possessing SLayers (S.F. Koval). Chemistry and Molecular Biology of SLayers: Glycoprotein Nature of Select Bacterial SLayers (P. Messner et al.). SLayer Glycoproteins from Moderately and Extremely Halophilic Archaeobacteria (M. Sumper). Applications for SLayers: Molecular Nanotechnology with SLayers (S. Pum, U.B. Sleytr). Stable Liposomes Formed from Archaeal Ether Lipids (C.G. Choquet et al.). Poster Presentations: Linker Mutagenesis of the Caulobacter crescentus SLayer Protein (W.H. Bingle et al.). Summary Statements: Summary Statements (T.J. Beveridge et al.). 28 additional articles. Index.