Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have established how clostridia bacteria emerge from spores. This could help them understand how these bacteria germinate and go on to produce the ...

Since spores are resistant to most antibiotics, understanding germination could lead to a way to bring them back to life in order to kill them for good. Science News sponsorship position.

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Medical School researchers found that calcium in the gut may help Clostridium difficile bacteria germinate. The new research shows C. diff, which forms hard ...

The researchers used a mouse model for this study, and found mice with calcium-depleted guts had a 90 percent lower rate of C. diff spore germination. "These spores are like armored seeds, and ...