Hibernating bacteria can invade hospitals and survive outer space – but their high energy bill is a weakness that scientists can strike

September 28, 2026 · 12:39 pm 1 sources

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• Hibernating bacteria can invade hospitals and survive outer space – but their high energy bill is a weakness that scientists can strike
  This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. · September 28, 2026 12:39
  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.