endospore external encapsulating structure

id: GO:0043591
name: endospore external encapsulating structure
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: 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.

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