Do Mycobacterium Form Endospores?
A Recent Publication in Pnas Reported That M. Marinum and M. Bovis Bacillus Calmette–Guérin Produce a Type of Spore Known as an Endospore, Which Had Been...
A recent publication in PNAS reported that M. marinum and M. bovis bacillus Calmette–Guérin produce a type of spore known as an endospore, which had been observed only in the low G+C group of Gram-positive bacteria. ... We conclude that it is unlikely that Mycobacterium is capable of endospore formation.
What bacteria can form endospores?
BACTERIA | Bacterial Endospores
The diversity of endospore-forming bacteria is broad with more than 25 genera known to date. Nevertheless, endospores are formed almost exclusively by low G+C Gram-positive bacteria, including the genera Bacillus, Clostridium, Thermoactinomyces, Sporolactobacillus, and Sporosarcina.
What bacteria Cannot form endospores?
Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium related to Bacillus and Clostridium, but it does not form endospores.
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