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Originally Posted by Zinmasterb
Well in essence it is. When a virus goes into stasis it forms a hard covering that keeps it from dying (even though it was never alive...what?) called a spore.
I know you start out as a bacteria, but meh bacteria virus close enough  |
Virus =/= spores.
Certain (vegetative) bacteria can turn into endospores if the climate isn't formidable or becomes hostile; the processes is called sporulation. The cell loses all it's functionality and goes into a resting state until it's surroundings become habitable. At this stage the endospore goes through sporogenesis and transforms back into it's bacterial state.
I think that's right.