Endospores are hardy, defensive structures that enable some bacteria to survive harmful environmental conditions, such as starvation, high temperatures, desiccation (drying out), chemical disinfectants and extremes in pH.
Recursive formula is a formula that is used to determine the next term of a sequence using one or more of the preceding terms.
Recursively Defined Functions. Most of the functions we have dealt with in previous chapters have been defined explicitly: by a formula in terms of the variable. We can also define functions recursively: in terms of the same function of a smaller variable. In this way, a recursive function builds on itself. A recursive definition has two parts: Definition of the smallest argument (usually f (0) or f (1) ).