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Speedy deletion nomination of Bacterial Spore

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Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. This is a notice to inform you that a tag has been placed on Bacterial Spore requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an article with no content whatsoever, or whose contents consist only of external links, a "See also" section, book references, category tags, template tags, interwiki links, images, a rephrasing of the title, a question that should have been asked at the help or reference desks, or an attempt to contact the subject of the article. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.

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Critique of Article

A bacterial spore is a structure produced by bacteria that is extremely resistant to many environmental or induced factors that the bacteria may be subjected to. These spores help the bacteria to survive by being resistant to extreme changes in the bacteria's habitat including extreme temperatures, lack of moisture/drought, or being exposed to chemicals and radiation. Bacterial Spores can also survive at low nutrient levels. All of these factors make it nearly impossible to kill them and explains why they are found almost everywhere, including many of our food products. Most bacterial spores are not toxic and do not cause any harm, but some bacteria that produce spores can be pathogenic. Most spore-forming bacteria are contained in the bacillus and clostridium species but can be found in other species of bacteria as well. There are different types of spores including endospores , exospores , and spore-like structures called microbial cysts. Each of these aid the bacteria in survival and serve as protection for the cell.