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cobbzillayesterday at 5:21 PM1 replyview on HN

It is in fact how Deinococcus radiodurans works:

    Deinococcus radiodurans has a unique quality in which it can repair both single- and double-stranded DNA. When damage is apparent to the cell, it brings the damaged DNA into a compartmental ring-like structure where the DNA is repaired, and then is able to fuse the nucleoids from the outside of the compartment with the damaged DNA.

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6177c40fyesterday at 5:57 PM

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

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