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The main advantage of producing endospores is that they are used to ensure certain things are sterile. Autoclaves use endospores to successfully grow.
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What do endospores do?
Endospores store genetic material.
Is cocci assotiated with endospores?
Bacillus cells produce endospores.
Why is bacillus subtilis able to grow after exposure to even 80 degrees Fahrenheit?
The simple answer is that Bacillus is capable of producing endospores. Endospores can withstand a wider variety of extreme conditions that would be harmful to other cells - such as radiation, abrasion, extremes of heat and cold, and lack of nutrients and water.
Does a saprophyte have endospores?
Endospores are able to exist for hundreds of years before they resume growth. Saprophytes are decomposing bacteria that contain endospores.
What is the purpose of the bacterial endospores laboratory exercise?
To differentiate the bacterial endospores from the vegetative cells and to identify the morphology and location of the bacterial endospores.
Explained why fungi and Bacillus sometimes grow better after heat treatment?
Fungi and Bacillus are capable of producing endospores. The endospores provide a great "niche" for microbes to chill until conditions are optimal. However, sometimes heat activates these endospores. Meaning, the Bacillus is able to divide and replicate after heat because the heat activated the endospore.
Advantages of producing energy?
You can use the energy to survive
Are endospores acid fast?
No, endospores are not acid fast because they are not cells. Endospores will stain with the acid fast stain and look fuchsia but they are not positive for acid fast.
What is the advantages of producing electricity using energy from the sun?
The advantage is producing electricity this way does not pollute the environment.
Why would endospores not be present in a 12 hour batch culture but would be present in 14 day batch culture?
Endospores only form under unfavorable conditions that threaten the survival of the bacteria (and only some bacteria are capable of producing endospores). Also, the process of endospore formation requires 8-10 hours. Assumably, the 12 hour culture would still have an abundant supply of nutrients and therefore would not require the production of endospores to survive; the 14 day culture would have a much higher number of organisms which had been using up the supply of nutrients, therefore creating unfavorable conditions and requiring the formation of endospores for survival.
Where are endospores located within vegetative cells?
Endospores can form within different areas of the vegetative cell. They can be central, subterminal, or terminal. Central endospores are located within the middle of the vegetative cell. Terminal endospores are located at the end of the vegetative cell. Subterminal endospores are located between the middle and the end of the cell.
Do viruses have endospores?
No.
