Bacteria That Can Come Back From The Dead May Have Gone To Space: "They Are Playing Hide And Seek"

Bacteria That Can Come Back From The Dead May Have Gone To Space: "They Are Playing Hide And Seek"

Extremely sturdy bacteria that only play dead may have hitched a ride on our spacecraft.

NASA’s Clean Rooms May Have Accidentally Sent This “Zombie” Bacteria to Mars

A newly understood bacterium discovered in NASA’s clean rooms is raising the possibility that microbes from Earth have already reached Mars. According to a new study published in the journal Microbiology Spectrum, the bacterium — Tersicoccus phoenicis, can survive extreme sterilization by entering a dormant state, effectively “playing dead,” allowing it to hide in some of the cleanest environments on the planet. Bacteria Found In Two Separate Cl…