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Endospore, the Glossary

Index Endospore

An endospore is a dormant, tough, and non-reproductive structure produced by some bacteria in the phylum Bacillota.[1]

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  1. 139 relations: Acetonema, Actinomyces, Alcohol (chemistry), Alkalibacillus, Alkylation, Ammoniphilus, Amphibacillus, Anaerobacter, Anaerospora, Aneurinibacillus, Anoxybacillus, Anthrax, Archaea, Astrophysics, Autoclave, Bacillota, Bacillus, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus thuringiensis, Bacteria, BBC, Brevibacillus, Caister Academic Press, Calcium, Caldanaerobacter, Caloramator, Caminicella, Cell membrane, Cellular differentiation, Cerasibacillus, Chromatin, Clostridiisalibacter, Clostridium, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium tetani, Cohnella, Coxiella (bacterium), Coxiella burnetii, Cryptobiosis, Cysteine, Dendrosporobacter, Desiccation, Desulfosporomusa, Desulfosporosinus, Desulfotomaculum, Desulfovirgula, Detergent, Dipicolinic acid, ... Expand index (89 more) »

Acetonema

Acetonema is a genus of bacteria in the family Veillonellaceae.

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Actinomyces

Actinomyces is a genus of the Actinomycetia class of bacteria.

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Alcohol (chemistry)

In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to carbon.

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Alkalibacillus

Alkalibacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).

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Alkylation

Alkylation is a chemical reaction that entails transfer of an alkyl group.

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Ammoniphilus

Ammoniphilus is a Gram-variable, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, haloalkalitolerant spore-forming, obligately oxalotrophic and motile bacterial genus from the family of Paenibacillaceae with peritrichous flagella.

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Amphibacillus

Amphibacillus is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, rod-shaped and facultatively anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Anaerobacter

Anaerobacter is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria related to Clostridium.

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Anaerospora

Anaerospora is a Gram-negative genus of bacteria from the family of Sporomusaceae with one known species (Anaerospora hongkongensis).

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Aneurinibacillus

Ammoniphilus is an aerobic and endospore-forming bacterial genus from the family of Paenibacillaceae.

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Anoxybacillus

Anoxybacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Anthrax

Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.

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Archaea

Archaea (archaeon) is a domain of single-celled organisms.

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Astrophysics

Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena.

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Autoclave

An autoclave is a machine used to carry out industrial and scientific processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure in relation to ambient pressure and/or temperature.

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Bacillota

Bacillota (synonym Firmicutes) is a phylum of bacteria, most of which have gram-positive cell wall structure.

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Bacillus

Bacillus (Latin "stick") is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria, a member of the phylum Bacillota, with 266 named species.

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Bacillus anthracis

Bacillus anthracis is a gram-positive and rod-shaped bacterium that causes anthrax, a deadly disease to livestock and, occasionally, to humans.

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Bacillus cereus

Bacillus cereus is a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium commonly found in soil, food, and marine sponges.

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Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus subtilis, known also as the hay bacillus or grass bacillus, is a gram-positive, catalase-positive bacterium, found in soil and the gastrointestinal tract of ruminants, humans and marine sponges.

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Bacillus thuringiensis

Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) is a gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium, the most commonly used biological pesticide worldwide.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. Endospore and Bacteria are bacteriology.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Brevibacillus

Brevibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Paenibacillaceae.

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Caister Academic Press

Caister Academic Press is an independent academic publishing company that produces books and ebooks on microbiology and molecular biology.

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Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

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Caldanaerobacter

Caldanaerobacter is a Gram-positive or negative and strictly anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Thermoanaerobacteraceae.

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Caloramator

Caloramator, is a genus of bacteriae belonging to the Bacillota.

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Caminicella

Caminicella is a Gram-negative, anaerobic, thermophilic, heterotrophic, spore-forming, rod-shaped and motile bacterial genus from the family of Clostridiaceae with one known species (Caminicella sporogenes).

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Cell membrane

The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of a cell from the outside environment (the extracellular space).

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Cellular differentiation

Cellular differentiation is the process in which a stem cell changes from one type to a differentiated one.

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Cerasibacillus

Cerasibacillus is a moderately thermophilic, alkaliphilic, strictly aerobic, rod-shaped, spore-forming and motile genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae with one known species (Cerasibacillus quisquiliarum).

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Chromatin

Chromatin is a complex of DNA and protein found in eukaryotic cells.

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Clostridiisalibacter

Clostridiisalibacter is a Gram-positive moderately halophilic strictly anaerobic and motile bacterial genus from the family of Clostridiaceae with on known species (Clostridiisalibacter paucivorans).

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Clostridium

Clostridium is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive bacteria.

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Clostridium botulinum

Clostridium botulinum is a gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce botulinum toxin, which is a neurotoxin.

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Clostridium tetani

Clostridium tetani is a common soil bacterium and the causative agent of tetanus.

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Cohnella

Cohnella is a genus of bacteria in the family Paenibacillaceae.

See Endospore and Cohnella

Coxiella (bacterium)

Coxiella refers to a genus of Gram-negative bacteria in the family Coxiellaceae.

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Coxiella burnetii

Coxiella burnetii is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen, and is the causative agent of Q fever.

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Cryptobiosis

Cryptobiosis or anabiosis is a metabolic state in extremophilic organisms in response to adverse environmental conditions such as desiccation, freezing, and oxygen deficiency.

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Cysteine

Cysteine (symbol Cys or C) is a semiessential proteinogenic amino acid with the formula.

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Dendrosporobacter

Dendrosporobacter is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).

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Desiccation

Desiccation is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying.

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Desulfosporomusa

Desulfosporomusa is a genus of sulfate-reducing bacteria.

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Desulfosporosinus

Desulfosporosinus is a genus of strictly anaerobic, sulfate-reducing bacteria, often found in soil.

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Desulfotomaculum

Desulfotomaculum is a genus of Gram-positive, obligately anaerobic soil bacteria.

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Desulfovirgula

Desulfovirgula is a genus of sulfate reducing, anaerobic, endospore-forming, Gram-positive, thermophilic, motile, rod-shaped bacteria, isolated from an underground mining site in an area of Japan characterized by high geothermal activity.

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Detergent

A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions.

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Dipicolinic acid

Dipicolinic acid (pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid or PDC and DPA) is a chemical compound which plays a role in the heat resistance of bacterial endospores.

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Disinfectant

A disinfectant is a chemical substance or compound used to inactivate or destroy microorganisms on inert surfaces.

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DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.

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Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a North American country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north.

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Dormancy

Dormancy is a period in an organism's life cycle when growth, development, and (in animals) physical activity are temporarily stopped.

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Ecological niche

In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition.

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Endoscope

An endoscope is an inspection instrument composed of image sensor, optical lens, light source and mechanical device, which is used to look deep into the body by way of openings such as the mouth or anus.

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Endospore staining

Endospore staining is a technique used in bacteriology to identify the presence of endospores in a bacterial sample. Endospore and endospore staining are bacteriology.

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Enzyme

Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions.

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Ethylene oxide

Ethylene oxide is an organic compound with the formula. It is a cyclic ether and the simplest epoxide: a three-membered ring consisting of one oxygen atom and two carbon atoms. Ethylene oxide is a colorless and flammable gas with a faintly sweet odor. Because it is a strained ring, ethylene oxide easily participates in a number of addition reactions that result in ring-opening.

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Exosporium

The exosporium is the outer surface layer of mature spores.

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Ferdinand Cohn

Ferdinand Julius Cohn (24 January 1828 – 25 June 1898) was a German biologist.

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Filifactor

Filifactor, is a genus of bacteria in the family Peptostreptococcaceae.

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Filobacillus

Filobacillus is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Bacillota.

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Gamma ray

A gamma ray, also known as gamma radiation (symbol), is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.

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Gelria (bacterium)

Gelria is a thermophilic, anaerobic, obligately syntrophic, glutamate-degrading, endospore-forming bacterial genus in the family Thermoanaerobacteraceae.

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Gene expression

Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables it to produce end products, proteins or non-coding RNA, and ultimately affect a phenotype.

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Geobacillus

Geobacillus is a bacterial genus from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Geobacillus stearothermophilus

Geobacillus stearothermophilus (previously Bacillus stearothermophilus) is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacterium and a member of the phylum Bacillota.

See Endospore and Geobacillus stearothermophilus

Geosporobacter

Geosporobacter is a bacterial genus from the family of Clostridiaceae.

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Germination

Germination is the process by which an organism grows from a seed or spore.

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Gracilibacillus

Gracilibacillus is a genus of bacteria within the phylum Bacillota.

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Gram-positive bacteria

In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. Endospore and gram-positive bacteria are bacteriology.

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Halobacillus

Halobacillus is a bacterial genus from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Ionizing radiation

Ionizing radiation (US, ionising radiation in the UK), including nuclear radiation, consists of subatomic particles or electromagnetic waves that have sufficient energy to ionize atoms or molecules by detaching electrons from them.

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Laceyella

Laceyella is a Gram-positive, thermophilic, spore-forming and aerobic bacterial genus from the family of Thermoactinomycetaceae.

See Endospore and Laceyella

Lentibacillus

Lentibacillus is a Gram-variable bacterial genus from the family of Bacillaceae.

See Endospore and Lentibacillus

Lysinibacillus

Lysinibacillus is a genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

See Endospore and Lysinibacillus

Lysinibacillus sphaericus

Lysinibacillus sphaericus (previously known as Bacillus sphaericus) is a Gram-positive, mesophilic, rod-shaped bacterium commonly found on soil.

See Endospore and Lysinibacillus sphaericus

Lysozyme

Lysozyme (muramidase, N-acetylmuramide glycanhydrolase; systematic name peptidoglycan N-acetylmuramoylhydrolase) is an antimicrobial enzyme produced by animals that forms part of the innate immune system.

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Mahella

Mahella is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).

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Metabacterium polyspora is an unusual multiple endospore-producing bacterium isolated from the cecum of guinea pigs.

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Microbial cyst

A microbial cyst is a resting or dormant stage of a microorganism, that can be thought of as a state of suspended animation in which the metabolic processes of the cell are slowed and the cell ceases all activities like feeding and locomotion.

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Model organism

A model organism (often shortened to model) is a non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that discoveries made in the model organism will provide insight into the workings of other organisms.

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Moeller stain

Moeller staining involves the use of a steamed dye reagent in order to increase the stainability of endospores. Endospore and Moeller stain are bacteriology.

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Molecule

A molecule is a group of two or more atoms held together by attractive forces known as chemical bonds; depending on context, the term may or may not include ions which satisfy this criterion.

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Moorella (bacterium)

Moorella is a genus of bacteria belonging to the phylum Bacillota.

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Oceanobacillus

Oceanobacillus is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped and motile bacteria genus from the family of Bacillaceae with a peritrichous flagella.

See Endospore and Oceanobacillus

Orenia

Orenia is a genus of bacteria from the family of Halobacteroidaceae.

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Ornithinibacillus

Ornithinibacillus is a Gram-positive and strictly aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Oxalophagus

Oxalophagus is a genus of bacteria belonging to the Bacillota.

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Oxobacter

Oxobacter is a genus of Gram-positive obligately anaerobic rod-shaped acetogenic bacteria.

See Endospore and Oxobacter

Paenibacillus

Paenibacillus is a genus of facultative anaerobic, endospore-forming bacteria, originally included within the genus Bacillus and then reclassified as a separate genus in 1993.

See Endospore and Paenibacillus

Paraliobacillus

Paraliobacillus is a Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic and endospore-forming genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

See Endospore and Paraliobacillus

Pelospora

Pelospora is a Gram-negative strictly anaerobic and spore-forming bacterial genus from the family of Syntrophomonadaceae with one known species (Pelospora glutarica).

See Endospore and Pelospora

Pelotomaculum

Pelotomaculum is a Gram-positive strictly anaerobic, mesophilic, thermophilic and non-motile bacterial genus from the family of Peptococcaceae.

See Endospore and Pelotomaculum

Peptidoglycan

Peptidoglycan or murein is a unique large macromolecule, a polysaccharide, consisting of sugars and amino acids that forms a mesh-like layer (sacculus) that surrounds the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.

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Persister cells

Persister cells are subpopulations of cells that resist treatment, and become antimicrobial tolerant by changing to a state of dormancy or quiescence.

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Piscibacillus

Piscibacillus is a genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Planifilum

Planifilum is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterial genus from the family of Thermoactinomycetaceae.

See Endospore and Planifilum

Pontibacillus

Pontibacillus is a Gram-positive, spore-forming and strictly aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

See Endospore and Pontibacillus

Propionispora

Propionispora is a genus of Bacillota bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

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Protoplast

Protoplast, is a biological term coined by Hanstein in 1880 to refer to the entire cell, excluding the cell wall.

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Quaternary ammonium cation

In organic chemistry, quaternary ammonium cations, also known as quats, are positively-charged polyatomic ions of the structure, where R is an alkyl group, an aryl group or organyl group.

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Quorum sensing

In biology, quorum sensing or quorum signaling (QS) is the process of cell-to-cell communication that allows bacteria to detect and respond to cell population density by gene regulation, typically as a means of acclimating to environmental disadvantages. Endospore and quorum sensing are bacteriology.

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Ribosome

Ribosomes are macromolecular machines, found within all cells, that perform biological protein synthesis (messenger RNA translation).

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RNA polymerase

In molecular biology, RNA polymerase (abbreviated RNAP or RNApol), or more specifically DNA-directed/dependent RNA polymerase (DdRP), is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactions that synthesize RNA from a DNA template.

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Salinibacillus

Salinibacillus is a genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Salsuginibacillus

Salsuginibacillus is a genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Schaeffer–Fulton stain

The Schaeffer–Fulton stain is a technique designed to isolate endospores by staining any present endospores green, and any other bacterial bodies red. Endospore and Schaeffer–Fulton stain are bacteriology.

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Seinonella

Seinonella is a Gram-positive and aerobic bacterial genus from the family of Thermoactinomycetaceae.

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Septum

In biology, a septum (Latin for something that encloses;: septa) is a wall, dividing a cavity or structure into smaller ones.

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Shimazuella

Shimazuella is a Gram-positive, aerobic and mesophilic bacterial genus from the family of Thermoactinomycetaceae.

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Sieve

A sieve, fine mesh strainer, or sift, is a tool used for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the particle size distribution of a sample, using a screen such as a woven mesh or net or perforated sheet material.

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Sigma factor

A sigma factor (σ factor or specificity factor) is a protein needed for initiation of transcription in bacteria.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Sporacetigenium

Sporacetigenium is a monotypic genus of bacteria in the family Peptostreptococcaceae.

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Spore

In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions.

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Sporobacterium

Sporobacterium is a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic and chemoorganotrophic bacterial genus from the family of Lachnospiraceae with one known species (Sporobacterium olearium).

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Sporohalobacter

Sporohalobacter are a genus of anaerobic bacteria belonging to the family Haloanaerobiaceae.

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Sporolactobacillus

Sporolactobacillus is a genus of anaerobic, endospore-forming, gram-positive, motile, rod-shaped, lactic acid bacteria.

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Sporomusa

Sporomusa is a genus of Bacillota bacteria classified within the class Negativicutes.

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Sporosarcina

Sporosarcina is a genus of bacteria.

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Syntrophomonas

Syntrophomonas is a bacterial genus from the family of Syntrophomonadaceae.

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Syntrophospora bryantii

Syntrophospora bryantii is a species of bacteria belonging to the family Syntrophomonadaceae.

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Tenuibacillus

Tenuibacillus is a genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

See Endospore and Tenuibacillus

Tepidibacter

Tepidibacter is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria in the family Clostridiaceae.

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Terribacillus

Terribacillus is a Gram-positive and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

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Tetanus

Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium tetani and characterized by muscle spasms.

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Thalassobacillus

Thalassobacillus is a Gram-positive, oxidase positive, catalase negative, rod shaped and moderately halophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.

See Endospore and Thalassobacillus

Thermoactinomycetaceae

The Thermoactinomycetaceae are a family of Gram-positive endospore-forming bacteria.

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Thermoanaerobacter

Thermoanaerobacter is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).

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Thermoflavimicrobium

Thermoflavimicrobium is a Gram-positive, thermophilic, aerobic and chemoorganotroph bacterial genus from the family of Thermoactinomycetaceae.

See Endospore and Thermoflavimicrobium

Transcription factor

In molecular biology, a transcription factor (TF) (or sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence.

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Tyndallization

Tyndallization is a process from the nineteenth century for sterilizing substances, usually food, named after its inventor John Tyndall, that can be used to kill heat-resistant endospores.

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Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.

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Virgibacillus

Virgibacillus is a genus of Gram-positive, rod-shaped (bacillus) bacteria and a member of the phylum Bacillota.

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Virgibacillus marismortui

Virgibacillus marismortui is a Gram-positive, moderately halophilic and rod-shaped bacterium which has been isolated from water from the Dead Sea.

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X-ray

X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.

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2001 anthrax attacks

The 2001 anthrax attacks, also known as Amerithrax (a combination of "America" and "anthrax", from its FBI case name), occurred in the United States over the course of several weeks beginning on September 18, 2001, one week after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endospore

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