Question

what are the 8 steps of endospore formation?

Answer 1

1) Vegetative cell begins to be depleted of nutrients.

2) Chromosome that is duplicated and separated.

3) Cell is separated into a sporangium and forespore.

4) After that, sporangium engulfs forespore for further development

5) Sporangium starts to actively synthesize spore layers around forespore

6) Cortex and outer coat layers are deposited

7) Endospore becomes mature. Free spore is then released with the loss of the sporangium

8) Germination: spore swells and releases vegetative cell