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- hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; intransitive verb
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If you consider the objective of hibernation, I think it's the response of animals trying to somehow survive the winter season with its lack of food.
Lactic-acid bacilli are such unyielding bacteria that, even if frozen, they would simply hibernate and can restore themselves as if they came back to life.