• Question: how do bacteria breed? and where do they breed the quickest?

    Asked by The Van-Der-Webbers to Deborah, Euan, Maheen, Rob, Stu on 17 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Deborah Prunty

      Deborah Prunty answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      They don’t breed really. Instead, when they have enough energy, they split in two. They can do this as they are only single cells.

      They replicate best in warm and moist conditions where there is plenty of nutrients for them to absorb.

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