"In the vegetative state, the cells grow and proliferate. Bacteria form spores to become dormant, which allows them to survive extended periods of starvation until new nutrients arrive to revive ...

Accordingly, the researchers found that anthrax spores were more lethal to mice than the vegetative form of the bacterium ... whether the spores of other bacterial pathogens use similar strategies ...

Different forms of death have been described in bacteria. Bacteria are able to ... spores do not return to active growth as efficiently as vegetative cells. Thus, in a mixed community, where ...

NO 2 sterilization provides rapid and effective inactivation of both vegetative and spore forms of bacteria. This rapid lethality allows a sterility assurance level of 10-6 to be achieved in a cycle ...

According to the authors of the report, this is the first time bacteria have been shown to change their form inside the human body. They do so dropping their cell wall (a process called L-form ...

Scientists widely believed that bacteria, due to their unique genetic exchange mechanisms and the vast size of their global ...

Choosing between a BLT sandwich or a yogurt parfait for lunch can increase the populations of some types of bacteria and diminish others—and as their relative numbers change, they secrete ...

Thanks to newly found freshwater springs, certain forms of bacteria thrive, bacteria that, unlike other known freshwater and saltwater bacteria, can cope with rapidly changing salinity.