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Archaea possess a distinct cell envelope type comprised of a protein lattice called an surface layer or S-layer surrounding the cell membrane in contrast to the peptidoglycan-containing envelopes of the gram positive and gram negative bacteria.The archaeal S-layers are typically assembled from one or two abundant and often post-translationally modified proteins that are exported from the cell and then assembled into a highly organized surface-exposed lattice.