This bacterium 'plays dead' to survive — even inside a NASA clean room
- Posted on October 21, 2025
- By Houston Chronicle
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This bacterium 'plays dead' to survive — even inside a NASA clean room
Microbiologists at the University of Houston confirmed that a bacterium found in NASA spacecraft assembly rooms, called Tersicoccus phoenicis, will go dormant when it runs out of food.
