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Endospore Formation Stage 2- Spore Septum Formation -

Inward growth of a double layer of the cell membrane, possibly from the mesosome, takes place near one end of the cell.

The ceI1 is asymmetrically partitioned by the double membrane, which forms a transverse spore septum.

The nuclear material divides so that each compartment contains at least one complete chromosome.

The spore septum divides the bacterial cell into a smaller and a larger compart­ment, each containing DNA.

The smaller compartment is called the forespore, while the larger compartment is the mother cell.