Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Medical School researchers found that calcium in the gut may help Clostridium difficile bacteria germinate. The new research shows C. diff, which forms ...

When spore-forming bacteria, such as Bacillus or Clostridium, enter a state of starvation, they transform into a state of dormancy in order to survive. No other life form is as difficult to eliminate ...

Spore germination of a vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus in the absence of a host plant was investigated. Spores of Gigaspora gigantea were tested for the ability to germinate under laboratory ...

Tapping into the unknown world of awakening dormant bacterial spores, researchers have revealed through atomic force microscopy the alterations of spore coat and germ cell wall that accompany the ...

SEATTLE – For Bacillus anthracis, the bacterium that causes anthrax, nothing beats the inside of a warm human or animal host for triggering an intense spurt of rapid growth and reproductive activity.

The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and ...