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appearance of the bacterium are resumed the spore 

 will develop into the same kind of organism as 

 that from which it came. This spore forming is seen 



FIG. 7. Bacilli showing multiple flagella. (Park.) 



FIG. 8. Unstained spores in slightly distended bacilli. (The spores 

 are the light oval spaces in the heavily stained bacilli.) (Park.) 



among bacilli and spirilla, probably never among the 

 cocci. As a rule, only one spore is found in each 

 bacterial cell. These spore formations assist in identi- 

 fication. The practical importance of spores is that 



