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Structure of an S layer on a pathogenic strain of Aeromonas hydrophila.

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.

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Negative staining revealed a tetragonal surface array (S layer) on all the members of a serogroup of Aeromonas hydrophila which possess high virulence for fish. The S layers were similar on all the strains examined, with unit cell dimensions of approximately 12 nm. A single representative strain, strain TF7, was selected for further analysis. Freeze-cleaved and etched preparations and sections for electron microscopy showed that the S layer was the outermost component of the cell envelope. This was confirmed by observation of thin sections. Computer-generated enhancements of the negatively stained micrographs showed the subunit organization to a resolution of less than 4 nm. Two structural units of identical lattice constants alternated in the array in both axes, and one of them was apparently dominant as the center of mass. The lesser unit was rotated 20 degrees from the dominant axes of symmetry and was formed by the junction of linker projections from a corner of the four components of the dominant unit. This interpretation was supported by finding that the array consists of a single polypeptide (molecular weight, 52,000). The unit cell as defined showed p4 symmetry, and a = b = 12.2 nm.

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