No endospore formation confirmed in members of the phylum Proteobacteria
P. Beskrovnaya, D. Fakih, D. L. Sexton, S. Xing, M. Golmohammadzadeh, I. Morneau, D. Guadarrama Bello, A. Nanci, T. Huan, E. Tocheva
The paper investigates endospore formation in Proteobacteria species and finds no evidence of endospores or endospore-forming stages, supporting that endospore formation is restricted to Firmicutes.
bioRxiv · Jul 23, 2020Microbiology