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What other reproduction form is exhibited by bacteria in unfavorable growth conditions?
As an alternative reproduction form, during endospore formation, the bacterium divides within its cell wall, in which case, one part engulfs the other. Endospores are resistant to harsh growth conditions and are able to survuve these conditions and lie dormant for extended periods, even centuries.
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