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Hibernating bacteria survive outer space but energy budget reveals a weakness phys.org

A spore is a bacterium's survival capsule: dried almost solid and wrapped in protein armor, with its chemical processes shut down. Bacteria enter this state of hibernation when environmental conditions are…

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