lamerin microspridia (lbms) isolated from lamerin breed of the silkworm, bombyx mori, l. and the standard strain nosema bombycis, were induced to germinate artificially by two-step procedure. fresh percoll purified spores were activated by incubating them in potassium hydroxide solution (koh) (ph 11.00) and germinated artificially by using phosphate buffer saline (pbs), (ph 7.00). germinated sp...