The common bacterium E. coli Escherichia coli has another trick up its sleeve: in addition to making humans very sick, it can build a shelter out of salt, dry out and hang out there for, well, no one is sure how long.And then … and then … when a drop of water is applied to the salt shelter, the bacterium springs back to life.

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