Endospore-forming bacteria

Clostridium. This geaus is comprised of a heterogeaeous assemblage of obligate, anaerobic, gram-positive, endospore-forming bacteria (21). 

Berkeley, R. C. W. Ali, N. Classification and identification of endospore-forming bacteria. J. Appl. Bacterial. Symp. Suppl. 1994,76,1S-8S. 

Subsequently 36 strains of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria, consisting of six Bacillus species and one Brevibacillus species could be discriminated using cluster analysis of ESMS spectra acquired in the positive ion mode (m/z 200-2000).57 The analysis was carried out on harvested, washed bacterial cells suspended in aqueous acidic acetonitrile. The cell suspensions were infused directly into the ionization chamber of the mass spectrometer (LCT, Micromass) using a syringe pump. Replicates of the experiment were performed over a period of six months to randomize variations in the measurements due to possible confounding factors such as instrumental drift. Principal components analysis (PCA) was used to reduce the dimensionality of the data, fol-... 

Vaidyanathan, S. Rowland, J. I Kell, D. B. Goodacre, R. Discrimination of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria via electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry of whole cell suspensions. Anal. Chem. 2001, 73,4134 4144. 

Stanek (1974) reported that the introduction of several thermotolerant endospore-forming bacteria of the genus Bacillus (B. subtilus, B. meseatericus and B. macerans). o the casing not only inhibited attacks by competitors but also stimulated mycelial growth which presumably would enhance yields. Endospores of these bacteria survive pasteurization but not sterilization, and are abundant in soils. This discovery may explain why sterilized casings do not produce fruitbodies. 

Characteristics Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic endospore-forming bacteria ... 

Bacillus spp. are rod-shaped. Gram-positive, endospore-forming bacteria. The species of this genus, with a wide range of physiologic characteristics, are found in every natural environment (Turnbull 1996). Some Bacillus spp., such as Bacillus... 

Arfman, N., Dijkhuizen, L., Kirchholf, G. et al. (1992) Bacillus mefhanolicus sp. nov., a new species of thermotolerant, methanol-utUizing, endospore-forming bacteria. Irit. J. Syst. Bacterial., 42, 439-445. 

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