Several disinfectants commonly used in hospitals are ineffective against C. difficile spores, and may actually promote spore formation.

B. subtilis gerE (transcription activator and repressor for the regulation of spore formation)

They reproduce by spore formation.

During spore formation the bacteria produce crystals of this protein.

Genetic analysis of the locus has identified alleles that alter the period length of asexual spore formation (conidiation).

In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.

The triggers for spore formation are not yet known, though oxygen tension and lack of nutrients may play roles.

But it is a potent poisoner of Escovopsis, inhibiting its growth and suppressing spore formation.

Koch discovered spore formation in the anthrax bacteria, which could remain dormant under specific conditions.

This enzyme participates in gene expression during the later stages of spore formation in Bacillus subtilis.