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Together, they stay alive longer – how tuberculosis pathogens protect themselves from drying out in the air.

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Together, they stay alive longer – how tuberculosis pathogens protect themselves from drying out in the air.

The tuberculosis pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis can better protect itself in the network and thus stay alive longer in the air. This was the result of a study by the Leibniz Research Association INFECTIONS, published on Monday in the journal "Scientific Reports".

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Some bacteria can exist in two states- vegetative and spores - Anthrax is one example. Spores become vegetative when the conditions are right such as when Tetanus invades wounds. The analogy is that of dormant vegetable seeds sown in earth or compost