Bacillus species form highly resistant endospores through a complex developmental programme initiated by nutrient limitation. The process involves asymmetric division of a vegetative cell into a ...

A recent study published in Frontiers in Microbiology investigated the critical factors governing Bacillus pasteurii (now Sporosarcina pasteurii) spore germination. They also clarified the bacterium’s ...

Because natural resources are always limited, the right strategy decides about success in life. This also applies to spore-forming bacteria. Bacillus subtilis can survive unfavorable living conditions ...

LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Tapping into the unknown world of awakening dormant bacterial spores, researchers have revealed through atomic force microscopy (AFM) the alterations of spore coat and germ cell ...

Bacterial spores store information about the individual growth history of their progenitor cells, thus retaining a "memory" that links the different stages of the bacterial life cycle. The spore ...

A recent study spearheaded by Prof. Sigal Ben Yehuda and her team at Hebrew University has unveiled a captivating facet of bacterial dormancy. This research illuminates the mechanism through which ...

THAT spore-forming bacteria, that is, species of the genus Bacillus, are responsible for some plant diseases has been recorded from time to time, but has rarely been confirmed ; it is not yet ...