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 unfavorable.
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 unfavorable.
It can survive boiling, desiccation, radiation and the vacuum of space.
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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 unfavorable. It can survive boiling, desiccation, radiation and the vacuum of space.
It can survive boiling, desiccation, radiation and the vacuum of space.
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