Tersicoccus phoenicis in a petri dish (IMAGE)

University of Houston

Tersicoccus phoenicis in a petri dish

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A bacterial species, Tersicoccus phoenicis, found in spacecraft clean rooms can survive intensive antimicrobial cleaning by going dormant, University of Houston microbiologists found.

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