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    Rare bacterium ‘plays dead’ to evade detection in NASA clean rooms

    2025-10-09T11:21:00Z

    A rare novel bacterium found in an unexpected environment may be evading detection by “playing dead”. Discovered in NASA spacecraft assembly clean rooms, Tersicoccus phoenicis could have major implications for planetary protection and clean room sterilization practices.