The asymmetric division of cells to produce two daughter cells with different developmental potentials. It is of fundamental significance for the generation of cell diversity.

Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of sporulation.

The assembly and arrangement of a cellular component that is composed of peptidoglycan and often chitin in addition to other materials and usually forms perpendicular to the long axis of a cell or hypha. It grows centripetally from the cell wall to the center of the cell and often functions in the compartmentalization of a cell into two daughter cells.

A process in which microorganisms produce an extracellular matrix and form multicellular aggregates at an air-liquid interface.

Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription.

The formation of spores derived from the products of an asexual cell division. Examples of this process are found in bacteria and fungi.

The process in which a cell gives rise to an endospore, a dormant, highly resistant spore with a thick wall that forms within the mother cell. Endospores are produced by some low G+C Gram-positive bacteria in response to harsh conditions.

A macromolecular complex containing both protein and DNA molecules.