Microbial Dormancy
The environmental conditions that reactivate beneficial bacteria are not the same as those that reactivate pathogens. Bacterial dormancy is a survival mechanism triggered by starvation signals and environmental stress, during which the mic…
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The environmental conditions that reactivate beneficial bacteria are not the same as those that reactivate pathogens. Bacterial dormancy is a survival mechanism triggered by starvation signals and environmental stress, during which the microbe becomes metabolically inactive but preserves its genetic information. Dormant herpes viruses such as cold sores and genital herpes reactivate when the immune system is under pressure. Dormant microbes can survive for decades to thousands of years. Dormant microbes are specifically resistant to antibiotics due to their altered cellular architecture.