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However, to bring it full circle, Deinococcus radiodurans does not form spores!

That’s fine, I’d be content with having just the DNA repair nanobots, I don’t need to form spores.

Suit yourself, I often wish I could form spores, desiccate, and rehydrate at a more appealing time.

Well, photophosphorylate me all night long

~ Mae West, Little Shop of Horrors, Broadway (1958)