| Cross Index | Endospore-Forming Bacteria |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Eubacteria |
| Compare | Pasteuria Thermoactinomyces, Sporomusa, Sarcina Sporichthya polymorpha "Sporospirillum" Sporocytophaga myxococcoides |
| Contrast | Archaea, |
| Subset | Amphibacillus xylans, Bacillus, Clostridium, Desulfotomaculum, Oscillospira guilliermondii, Sporohalobacter, Sporolactobacillus insulinus, Sporosarcina, Sulfidobacillus thermosulfooxidans, Syntrophospora bryantii |
| Morphology | Endospore-Forming Bacteria |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Gram reaction is variable, cell wall is Gram positive |
| Morphology | The endospore forming bacteria are a diverse group of microbes that are considered as a group for convenience. cells are rod shaped |
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| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Endospore-Forming Bacteria |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
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| ENVIRONMENTAL |
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| Distribution |
| Genome | Endospore-Forming Bacteria |
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| Reference | Endospore-Forming Bacteria |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 1104-1207 |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 559-564 |
| References |