Two vegetative cells will fuse together forming a planozygote.
Endospores are resistant to most agents that would normally kill the vegetative cells they formed from.
They will germinate within a day or two with the right environmental conditions, and then the vegetative cells can be straightforwardly destroyed.
Most cells have numerous nuclei, with some vegetative cells possessing more than 100.
The cells not in a dormant state are vegetative cells.
In fact, every vegetative cell in the plant contains the genetic information needed for an entire plant.
Once a heterocyst has formed it cannot revert to a vegetative cell.
The following sequences take place in formation of heterocysts from a vegetative cell:
During the germination, the cysts sustain damage and release a large vegetative cell.
Endogenous resting spores are common and very different from normal vegetative cells.