DAT destroyer biol #33

[nickh]

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I'm wondering what's false about 'Endospores prevent bacterial proliferation'?

I know endospore is like a 'time capsule' that allows a bacteria to get pass rough times. But once the bacteria is inside of an endospore, then doesn't the endospore stops the bacteria from fission, dividing or proliferation? The endospore is almost like a resistance shell, once the bacteria gets into that, then it goes into a dormant stage, and it doesn't proliferate until it's a favour situation again and once it's out of the endospore.

Thanks!

 

[nickh]

Oh yeah, no worries. Thank you so much 😀

 

[DAT Destroyer]

I'm wondering what's false about 'Endospores prevent bacterial proliferation'?

I know endospore is like a 'time capsule' that allows a bacteria to get pass rough times. But once the bacteria is inside of an endospore, then doesn't the endospore stops the bacteria from fission, dividing or proliferation? The endospore is almost like a resistance shell, once the bacteria gets into that, then it goes into a dormant stage, and it doesn't proliferate until it's a favour situation again and once it's out of the endospore.

Thanks!

You are correct what you stated about the endospore. However, does it "prevent proliferation"? Endospore is a protective covering that some bacterial form. Not all bacteria can enter this stage. It enters this stage to protect its Dna and/or RNA and some protein, because the conditions for replication are unfavorable. Once the conditions improve, bacteria can get out of this stage and start reproducing.

So, it is a stage to protect the bacteria, not to "prevent" its reproduction. The endospore shell can disintegrate once the conditions improve. There are different mechanisms that cause bacteria to stop proliferating and enter a "dormant" stage.

Hope this helps.

 

[nickh]

Ok yeah, I guess it's just an understanding difference. You were saying after endospore, the bacteria can still proliferate; but what I was thinking is that while the bacteria is inside of an endospore, it won't be able to proliferate 🙂