populating

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The symptoms of the disease were plain to see in scars on the trunk and skeletal canopies, but the source of the infection - the sporulating fungus - had not been found in Britain.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2013

When conditions get too hot or cold, sporulating bacteria go into stasis, encasing themselves in tough structures called endospores.

From Scientific American • Feb. 12, 2012

In some instances, as described by 389 Minchin, the sporulating parasite becomes rounded off and forms a protective cyst, doubtless for the protection of the spores during dissemination.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

This apparatus is made by the Dairy Machinery and Construction Company. 91Krannhals52 succeeded in isolating ten different keffir bacteria among which were several sporulating bacteria.

From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon