shivering. involuntary shaking of the body, as with cold. It is caused by contraction or twitching of the muscles, and is a physiologic method of heat production in humans and other mammals. As a form of aerobic skeletal muscle activity, vigorous shivering uses about as much energy as riding a bicycle or shoveling snow.
Pittosporum ( / p Éª Ë t É s p Éµ r Ém / or / Ë p Éª t Éµ Ë s p ÉÉr Ém /) [1] is a genus of about 200 species of flowering plants in the family Pittosporaceae. The genus is probably Gondwanan in origin; its present range extends from Australasia, Oceania, eastern Asia and some parts of Africa.
An endospore is a dormant, tough, and non-reproductive structure produced by certain bacteria from the Firmicute phylum.The name endospore is suggestive of a spore or seed-like form (endo means within), but it is not a true spore (i.e., not an offspring).It is a stripped-down, dormant form to which the bacterium can reduce itself.xamples of bacteria that can form endospores include Bacillus and Clostridium. The endospore consists of the bacterium's DNA, ribosomes and large amounts of dipicolinic acid. Dipicolinic acid is a spore-specific chemical that appears to help in the ability for endospores to maintain dormancy.