NASA finds ‘Shape-shifting’ bacteria on the International Space Station
September 16th, 2017
The International Space Station (ISS) has uncovered in a report that microscopic organism’s bacteria “shapeshift” in space to counteract any harm to itself. Experiments on the ISS (International Space Station) has been undergoing for a long while to see the response of microscopic organisms under different conditions. ISS noticed that the bacteria cells when treated with a common antibiotic, changing its shape to survive in near-zero gravity environments. It may pose a serious threat to astronauts getting treated for infections.