Hibernating bacteria can invade hospitals and survive outer space – but their high energy bill is a weakness that scientists can strike
Bacteria make a survival gamble when they devote all their energy to forming spores. Evolution is quick to get rid of this function, and researchers did the accounting to understand why.
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- T1Hibernating bacteria can invade hospitals and survive outer space – but their high energy bill is a weakness that scientists can strikeMIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation