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/sci/, let's say you have a box of produce in a box, INFESTED with bacteria. I mean seriously covered like intestines. If you sent this box in space, with no oxygen for them to feed on, would they die from lacking oxygen or freeze from the cold and be preserved until returning to the atmosphere? Keep in mind the box isn't neccesarily airtight.

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>> No.4424745

INB4 >box of produce in a box

>> No.4424884

1

>> No.4424891

I'd think that all the water would boil off and they'd die that way.

>> No.4424901

>>4424891
So then the question is whether they can survive massive dehydration. Like water bears.

>> No.4424905

>>4424741
Depends on the species. We know of bacteria that can survive in space conditions both by going into spores or in their regular form, but many probably cannot.

>> No.4424910

>>4424891

>2012
>not knowing that space is too cold for water to boil
>still thinks he has a place on the science and math board

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>>4424910
Not even mad, trollfag. 0/10

>> No.4424922

Bacteria are extremely tough and the things they can survive through are amazing so I would say yes there's a very good chance they can remain dormant and wake up again as soon as conditions become favorable again.