Definition of endospore in English:
endospore
nounˈɛndə(ʊ)spɔːˈɛndəˌspɔr
Biology 1A resistant asexual spore that develops inside some bacteria cells.
Example sentencesExamples
- Only a few genera of bacteria such as Bacillus and Clostridium are capable of forming endospores.
- The use of physical or chemical means to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores.
- Endospores may be located in the middle of the cells, at the end, or between the end and the middle of the cells.
- We have directly visualized high-resolution native structures of bacterial endospores, including the exosporium and spore coats of four Bacillus species in air and water environments.
- Detecting bacterial endospores is a critical challenge to chemistry, since a number of serious diseases and health problems are caused by them.
- 1.1 The inner layer of the membrane or wall of some spores and pollen grains.
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- Free endospores can be confused with small yeast forms.
- It is released from the outer cell wall of endospores at sporulation.