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Researchers discovered a clean-room bacterium that survives by entering a spore-free dormant state, raising concerns about microbial persistence on spacecraft during deep-space missions. news.ufl.edu/2025/12/spac...
The bacteria that won’t wake up: NASA discovers new bacteria “playing dead”
The finding could potentially reshape how scientists think about microbial survival on spacecraft
news.ufl.edu
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Researchers discovered a clean-room bacterium that survives by entering a spore-free dormant state, raising concerns about microbial persistence on spacecraft during deep-space missions. news.ufl.edu/2025/12/spac...