Endospores

Question 1

Name the internal structure that is also ineffective, stays dormant, and found in some bacteria

Answer 1

endospore

Question 2

Name the medically significant bacteria that possess this structure

Answer 2

C. Diff
Clostridium dificile

Question 3

What makes this structure ineffective and why

Answer 3

Stron structures that can resist heat, drying, freezing, radiation and chemicals,

Question 4

Name the 2 phases of bacterial life cycle that contains this structure

Answer 4

Vegetative and sporultion

Question 5

When are these structures produced?

Answer 5

Only when the environments are unfavorable. Ex when there is no food or wate