Bacterial endospores, the transmissible forms of pathogenic bacilli and clostridia, are heterogeneous multilayered structures composed of proteins. These proteins protect the spores against variety of stresses, thus helping spore survival, and assist in germination, by interacting with the environme...
ORGANISM(S): Bacillus cereus (strain ATCC 14579 / DSM 31) Bacillus subtilis PY79 Peptoclostridium difficile (strain 630) (Clostridium difficile)