Example sentences for: endospores

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  • If dormancy structures similar to endospores were produced at some point by life forms on Mars, data reported here suggest they could still be present and viable.

  • From work reported here, it appears that environmentally robust endospores, if delivered to Mars on spacecraft, could survive for extended periods of time in the cold, dry, preserving environment of Mars, despite the presence of strong oxidants in the soil.

  • Also, endospores were not killed by transient exposure to ferrate in the presence of water at room temperature.

  • Bacterial endospores are a prime example of resistant dormancy structures, and recent research indicates that such dormant forms of bacteria can survive for even millions of years, under appropriate conditions.

  • Dried, but living dormant endospores of Bacillus subtilis were incubated in a Mars surrogate soil containing 20% by weight of K 2 FeO 4 . Incubation conditions similar to those now on Mars (dry, cold, and a CO 2 -enriched atmosphere) were used.


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