Biologists discover an extra layer of protection for bacterial spores

Saturday, May 8, 2010 - 21:30 in Biology & Nature

Bacterial spores, the most resistant organisms on earth, carry an extra coating of protection previously undetected, a team of microbiologists reports. Their findings offer additional insight into why spores of the bacteria that cause botulism, tetanus, and anthrax survive methods to eradicate them.

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