Talk:Endospore

About 60% of the paragraph on structure was lifted from Prescotts, Microbiology. It should probably be looked at.

-Brian —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.151.197 (talk) 17:34, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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I propose the merger of this article with that for spores in general. The "spore" entry gives what I consider a bogus distinction: "Unlike eukaryotic spores, endospores are primarily a survival mechanism, not a reproductive method, and a bacterium only produces a single endospore."

First of all, are all the theoretic 4 spore progeny of a diploid eucaryotic cell equally viable? Also, what is considered "a reproductive method"? I consider any method of propagation to be reproductive. If endospores are able to remain viable while the media they are in or on move or spread, that allows the organism in question to propagate. In practical terms for small, fast growing organisms, propagation amounts to reproduction. The sporulating individual is best envisioned as part of a population, and on that basis a way for the population to reproduce is for individuals to be able to colonize other areas where they can then grow vegetatively, or to retain viability via suspended animation thru periods poor for growth to resume vegetative growth when conditions improve even in the same location. Robert Goodman (talk) 07:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What about other spores

Bacterial spores are also produced in actinomycetes, Azotobacter and cyanobacteria (= so-called akinetes). Thus, a redirect from "bacterial spore" is wrong. --Vojtech.dostal (talk) 09:44, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Easy to fix. Bacterial spore should redirect to a disambiguation page, giving the reader multiple article options from which to choose. Endospore would be only one of the multiple options then. —Quicksilver^{T @} 20:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done.--Curtis Clark (talk) 21:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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does anyone know how dangerous these things are? Jake1993811 (talk) 20:09, 31 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dormancy

I added information about how many years the endospore can stay dormant. It should be extended though, and the research labs that verified that, should be properly linked (I added only one link so far.) 178.190.69.12 (talk) 03:31, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

High Temperature

From the article:

Endospores can survive without nutrients. They are resistant to ultraviolet radiation, desiccation, high temperature, extreme freezing and chemical disinfectants.

What is 'high temperature? I don't need an exact number but an order of magnitude would greatly help the article (e.g. high temperature >1000C, or what ever it might be.) Ender8282 (talk) 20:05, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]