生物膜（15）_冬眠状态

Ability to enter into latent states 隐藏状态during inhospitable conditions

生物膜在恶劣环境下，进入隐藏状态。

生物膜在恶劣情况下，例如缺乏营养，它们节约能量，不会繁殖，并进入冬眠状态。

少数王微生物提前醒来，外出侦探环境，如果环境已经改变，并适合生存，它们会让其它休眠细菌苏醒。

In the midst of inhospitable conditions such as nutrient starvation, microbes in biofilm communities can enter into a viable能生育，养活的 but nonculturable state.²⁹ According to Epstein,³⁰ members of microbial communities periodically wake up from this state of dormancy冬眠. In a method analogous to “sending out scouts” to “test the environment” for its suitability for growth of the entire population. In this scenario, if the resuscitating 使苏醒cells “detect” that the previously stressful/adverse environment is now growth-permissive, they would signal the remaining cells to resuscitate苏醒.³¹