Category:GO:0043591 ! endospore external encapsulating structure

name: endospore external encapsulating structure
namespace: cellular_component
alt_id: GO:0055030
def: "The structures that lie outside the inner membrane and surround the entire endospore; consists of a peptidoglycan-containing inner layer (the endospore cortex) surrounded by a multilayered proteinaceous coat. An exosporium may be present as an extreme outer layer." [GOC:go_curators, PMID:15035041]
subset: goslim_pir
synonym: "endospore wall" EXACT [GOC:mah]
synonym: "peptidoglycan-based spore wall" EXACT [GOC:mtg_sensu]
synonym: "spore wall" BROAD [GOC:mtg_sensu]
is_a: GO:0031160 ! spore wall

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0043591</GOterm>
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