Talk:Endospore
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About 60% of the paragraph on structure was lifted from Prescotts, Microbiology. It should probably be looked at.
-Brian —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.151.197 (talk) 17:34, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
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I propose the merger of this article with that for spores in general. The "spore" entry gives what I consider a bogus distinction: "Unlike eukaryotic spores, endospores are primarily a survival mechanism, not a reproductive method, and a bacterium only produces a single endospore."
First of all, are all the theoretic 4 spore progeny of a diploid eucaryotic cell equally viable? Also, what is considered "a reproductive method"? I consider any method of propagation to be reproductive. If endospores are able to remain viable while the media they are in or on move or spread, that allows the organism in question to propagate. In practical terms for small, fast growing organisms, propagation amounts to reproduction. The sporulating individual is best envisioned as part of a population, and on that basis a way for the population to reproduce is for individuals to be able to colonize other areas where they can then grow vegetatively, or to retain viability via suspended animation thru periods poor for growth to resume vegetative growth when conditions improve even in the same location. Robert Goodman (talk) 07:03, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] What about other spores
Bacterial spores are also produced in actinomycetes, Azotobacter and cyanobacteria (= so-called akinetes). Thus, a redirect from "bacterial spore" is wrong. --Vojtech.dostal (talk) 09:44, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
