C diff spores resist bleach and remain viable on surgical scrubs andgown fabrics

Re:C diff spores resist bleach and remain viable on surgical... by TeMPOraL on Thursday November 23, 2023 @12:23PM (#38395093)

> basically, we'll be selecting for the strongest... you know, evolution

Fortunately TANSTAAFL[0] applies to evolution as well, right? Specific adaptations come with increased metabolic cost, so e.g. strongly bleach-resistant bacteria should eventually start losing resistance to other antimicrobials/antiseptics. Right?

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch

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Re:C diff spores resist bleach and remain viable on surgical... by quaddo on Thursday November 23, 2023 @04:21PM (#38397707)

>TANSTAAFL

Man. Way to rustle the ol' memory tree.

I think the first time I saw this in print was in Programming Perl back in the mid-1990's.

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