UH Research Team Behind Dormancy Discovery (IMAGE)

University of Houston

UH Research Team Behind Dormancy Discovery

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University of Houston microbiologists found that a rare bacterium called Tersicoccus phoenicis has evaded detection in NASA spacecraft assembly clean rooms by entering dormancy. 

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