Following a geometrically asymmetrical cell division during germination of spores of the fern Onoclea sensibilis L., the small cell differentiates into a rhizoid and the large cell divides to form the ...

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 ...

International Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 159, No. 5 (Sep., 1998), pp. 848-852 (5 pages) Schizaea pusilla is a leptosporangiate fern that occurs in bogs in two disparate geographic locations (i.e.

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 ...

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 ...

Understanding how clostridia bacteria emerge from spores, germinate and go on to produce the toxin responsible for botulism has taken a step forward thanks to scientists from the Institute of Food ...

It lurks in hospitals and nursing homes, preying upon patients already weak from disease or advanced age. It kills nearly 30,000 Americans a year, and sickens half a million more. But new research ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The fungus Cryptococcus causes meningitis, a brain disease that kills about 1 million people each year -- mainly those with impaired immune systems due to AIDS, cancer treatment or an ...