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    An endospore is a dormant, tough, and non-reproductive structure produced by some bacteria in the phylum Bacillota. The name "endospore" is suggestive...
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    Endospore staining is a technique used in bacteriology to identify the presence of endospores in a bacterial sample. Within bacteria, endospores are protective...
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    In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify...
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    Bacteria (section Endospores)
    structures called endospores. Endospores develop within the cytoplasm of the cell; generally, a single endospore develops in each cell. Each endospore contains...
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    Staining (section Endospore)
    made primarily of lipopolysaccharide. Endospore staining is used to identify the presence or absence of endospores, which make bacteria very difficult to...
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    Bacilli is a taxonomic class of bacteria that includes two orders, Bacillales and Lactobacillales, which contain several well-known pathogens such as Bacillus...
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    Schaeffer–Fulton stain is a technique designed to isolate endospores by staining any present endospores green, and any other bacterial bodies red. The primary...
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    Bacillus, B. subtilis is rod-shaped, and can form a tough, protective endospore, allowing it to tolerate extreme environmental conditions. B. subtilis...
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  • sporogenesis can also refer to endospore formation in bacteria, which allows the cells to survive unfavorable conditions. Endospores are not reproductive structures...
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    dormant endospore. B. subtilis can divide symmetrically to make two daughter cells (binary fission), or asymmetrically, producing a single endospore that...
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    Bacillus can reduce themselves to oval endospores and can remain in this dormant state for years. The endospore of one species from Morocco is reported...
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    disease is an international health problem, as C. tetani endospores are ubiquitous. Endospores can be introduced into the body through a puncture wound...
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    Belgian biology professor Emile van Ermengem published his finding of an endospore-forming organism he isolated from spoiled ham. Biologists classified van...
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    sequences in environmental samples. It is unknown if they are able to produce endospores. Archaea and bacteria are generally similar in size and shape, although...
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    responsible for the pathogenicity. It forms a protective layer called endospore by which it can remain inactive for many years and suddenly becomes infective...
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  • the best known bacterial adaptation to stress is the formation of endospores. Endospores are bacterial survival structures that are highly resistant to many...
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    and like other members of the genus Bacillus, can produce protective endospores. They have a wide range of virulence factors, including phospholipase...
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  • Sporosarcina contaminans is a Gram-positive and endospore-forming bacterium from the genus of Sporosarcina which has been isolated from an industrial...
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    Year Label Albedo "Digital Child" 2005 Ultimae Records Ease Division 3 "Endospore" 2008 Spiral Trax Enigmatic Dream "Epicentre" 2011 RMG Records Europe...
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  • Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs. This bacterium is physically similar...
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    fragmentation, or budding; unlike bacteria, no known species of Archaea form endospores. The first observed archaea were extremophiles, living in extreme environments...
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    Gram-positive, rod-shaped, and facultatively anaerobic, and do not produce endospores. The major human pathogen in the genus is L. monocytogenes. Although L...
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  • inside or within Greek ἔνδον (éndon), inside, internal endocrinology, endospore, endoskeleton eosin(o)- having a red color Greek ἠώς (ēṓs), dawn, daybreak...
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  • Alkalihalobacillus lehensis is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming and alkalitolerant bacterium from the genus of Alkalihalobacillus which has been isolated...
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    chemical compound which plays a role in the heat resistance of bacterial endospores. It is also used to prepare dipicolinato ligated lanthanide and transition...
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    botulism after consuming honey contaminated with Clostridium botulinum endospores. Infantile botulism shows geographical variation. In the UK, only six...
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  • Hungatella hathewayi is a Gram-positive, endospore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium from the genus of Hungatella. Hungatella hathewayi can cause infection...
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  • Lysinibacillus xylanilyticus is a Gram-positive, aerobic, xylan-degrading, endospore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of Lysinibacillus which has...
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    of staining endospores". Science. 77 (1990): 194. Bibcode:1933Sci....77..194S. doi:10.1126/science.77.1990.194. PMID 17741261. "Endospore Stain Protocol"...
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    central cell is considered gametophyte tissue. Some botanists consider this endospore as gametophyte tissue with typically 2/3 being female and 1/3 being male...
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