When more favorable conditions arise the endospore germinates, again forming a viable vegetative cell. The presence of endospores in a bacterial culture can be detected by staining with malachite ...

(Endospore Stain Procedure) _____ For Gram-positive rods, flood the starch side of the starch and spirit blue plate with iodine. Add just enough iodine to cover the surface of the starch agar and ...