Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)

Published by Benjamin Cummings
ISBN 10: 032191855X
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-855-0

Chapter 11 - Characterizing and Classifying Prokaryotes - Questions For Review - Multiple Choice - Page 348: 4

Answer

D

Work Step by Step

Endospores can remain alive for decades, can survive in boiling water, and can even exist in a state of suspending animation. Endospores are environmentally resistant structures that are produced by the transformation of a vegetative cell of the Gram-positive genera Bacillus or Clostridium.
Update this answer!

You can help us out by revising, improving and updating this answer.

Update this answer

After you claim an answer you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. An editor will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback.