H.I.V. is believed to take advantage of this mechanism to become dormant.
As there is usually little or no rain at this season, scrubland shrubs commonly become dormant.
Throughout most of their range, black bears become dormant during winter.
Most major groups of animals as well as plants have some representatives that can become dormant.
It is important to note, however, that freezing does not kill most microorganisms; they simply become dormant.
In Arctic regions, for example, certain animals become dormant during the winter months, when food is less abundant.
Oriokot says that over the last few years, the VHTs had become dormant and in some villages vanished altogether.
A racetrack in North Wilkesboro, N.C., lost both of its events after the 1996 season and has become dormant.
But the enclosed space was too warm for the trees to become dormant, and never had enough light.
That investigation regained momentum in the last year after it had become dormant, lawyers familiar with the case said.
Reptiles also normally become dormant during the hottest parts of summer, but the physiology of summer dormancy is quite different from that of winter.
