1. Bukharin, O.V., Gintsburg, A.L., Romanova, Yu.M., and El’-Registan, G.I., Mekhanizmy vyzhivaniya bakterii (Mechanisms of Bacterial Survival), Moscow: Meditsina, 2005.
2. Vilan, S., Luo, Y., Hildreth, M.B., and Brozel, V.S., Analysis of the life cycle of the saprophyte Bacillus cereus in liquid soil extract and in soil, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 2006, vol. 72, no. 7, pp. 4970–4977.
3. Koshikawa, T., Yamzaki, M., Yoschimi, M., Ogawa, S., Yamada, A., Watabe, K., and Torii, M., Surface hydrophobicity of spores of Bacillus ssp., J. Gen. Microbiol., 1989, vol. 135, pp. 2717–2722.
4. Smirnova, T.A., Kulinich, L.I., Gal’perin, M.Yu., and Azizbekyan, R.R., Morphological characteristics and adhesive properties of projections on Bac. thuringiensis spores, Mikrobiologiya, 1989, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 835–839.
5. Duda, V.I., Cytology of spore-forming bacteria, Usp. Mikrobiol., 1982, vol. 17, pp. 87–117.