> “Presumably, resistant bacteria survive the sanitation process and rapidly re–colonize the released niches until reaching a similar abundance as before the tr

> “Presumably, resistant bacteria survive the sanitation process and rapidly re–colonize the released niches until reaching a similar abundance as before the treatment,” the authors concluded. So we could sterilise sponges then deliberately re-colonise with 'good' bacteria to fill the niches. Maybe rinse with a bit of live culture yoghurt perhaps? Any bacteriologists on HN that could weigh in?