Dormancy
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Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and physical activity are temporarily stopped. This minimizes metabolic activity and therefore helps an organism to conserve
During winter dormancy, plant metabolism comes to a virtual standstill, due in part to low temperatures that slow chemical activity.
Endospore
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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 of a spore or seed-like form, but it is not a tru
Dormancy
…seedlings experiencing environmental stress. Many bacteria can survive adverse conditions such as temperature, desiccation, and antibiotics by forming endospores, cysts, or general states of reduced metabolic activity lacking specialized cellular structures. Up to 80% of the bacteria in samples from the wild…
An endospore stain of the cell Bacillus subtilis showing endospores as green and the vegetative cell as red
Phase-bright endospores of Paenibacillus alvei imaged with phase-contrast microscopy