Endospores and Endospore Staining

••• References •••

Information on endospores was obtained from the following sources:

                               1.  Kerr, T. J., and B. B. McHale.  2001.  Applications in General Microbiology: A
                                      Laboratory Manual.  6th ed.  Hunter Textbooks Inc., Winston-Salem, NC.
                               2.  Madigan, M. T., J. M. Martinko, and J. Parker.  2003.  Brock Biology of
                                      Microorganisms.  10th ed.  Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ.

Images obtained from the following sources:

                               1.  Kerr, T. J., and B. B. McHale.  2001.  Applications in General Microbiology:
                                      A Laboratory Manual.  6th ed.  Hunter Textbooks Inc., Winston-Salem, NC.

 • diagram of endospore on Endospore Structure page
                               2.  Madigan, M. T., J. M. Martinko, and J. Parker.  2003.  Brock Biology of
                                      Microorganisms.  10th ed.  Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ.
• pictures of central, terminal and subterminal endospores on Endospore Structure page
                               3.  http://tidepool.st.usm.edu/crswr/endospore.html
• picture of endospore in a vegetative cell on Introduction page
                               4.  http://www.asmusa.org/memonly/asmnews/aug99/fig2f3.htm
• picture of Ferdinand Cohn on Discovery of Endospores page
                               5.  http://www.microbe.org/microbes/spores.asp
• picture of endospore formation cycle on Endospore Formation page
                               6.  http://news.cn.edu/karrst/endospor.htm
• picture of endospore stain on Staining Endospores page

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