细胞生物学---第二章b.pptVIP

Escherichia coli (E.coli) Endospores are a method os survival, not one of reproduction. Certain bacteria will form a spore within their cell membrane (an endospore) that allows them to wait out deteriorating environmental conditions. Certain disease causing bacteria (such as the one that causes the disease Anthrax) can be virulent (capable of causing an infection) 1300 years after forming their endospore! Electron micrographs illustrating formation of an endospore. Note, the sequence illustrated here goes from left to right. * 细菌：世界上最古老的生物也是最成功的生物。最先由荷兰人Leeuwehoek在十七世纪于雨水中发现。 出现于距今38-35亿年前