The plural of endosporium; the collection of endospores or the process of endospore formation in bacteria.
Plural form of endosporium, from endo- + sporia (plural of sporium). This Latin-influenced plural emerged in microbiology texts to describe multiple spores or spore-related structures.
When we talk about endosporia in medical microbiology, we're discussing one of the toughest challenges in sterilization—those bacterial endospores laugh at ordinary cleaning methods!
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