What were some positives of the migration? introduction of new crops, they absorbed other tribes, learned to build permanent homes, introduced iron working, led to a rise of large states bigger tribes, and introduced subsistence agriculture and centralized aministration.
Endospores are dormant alternate life forms produced by the genus Bacillus, the genus Clostridium, and a number other genera of bacteria, including Desulfotomaculum, Sporosarcina, Sporolactobacillus, Oscillospira, and Thermoactinomyces.
The ability to form endospores, a process called sporulation, is a rare talent. Bacteria that can do this neat trick are few, but include the notable genera Clostridium and Bacillus. See the Wikipedia article on endospores for a list of endospore-forming bacterial genera.