The word ‘bacteria’ is conjugated with tiny living beings or in other words microorganisms. Bacteria are unicellular organisms or a prokaryotic organism meaning that they have no nucleus and consist of a single cell and come in all different shapes and sizes, the most common shapes are the bacillus, coccus and spirilla shapes. Bacteria don’t belong to the plant nor the animal group but belong to a group all by themselves. They are single-celled microorganisms and are only a few micrometres thick, and are found normally in together in clumps of millions.
How does it grow?
Bacteria multiplies itself in order to grow and reproduce. In fact the multiplication of bacteria is very straight forward cycle. The multiplication of bacteria begins when a single celled bacterium grows until it contains enough material for two separate bacteria. This is when the ‘parent’ bacteria splits into two bacteria’s, which are then called progeny. This process is what is known as the binary fission, the time in which it takes for a single bacteria to accumulate enough material in order to split is known as the generation length. This length in time can vary greatly between the different types of bacteria. The lengths between the whole multiplication cycle are not always determined by the type and form of the bacteria, but are determined by the circumstances in which the bacteria forms and multiplies.
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In order for bacteria to multiply successfully and in the least amount of time possible, two factors need to be constantly and efficiently obtained, they are the environmental factors which effect the growth and the source of metabolic energy that the bacteria receives. These all include the need for thing such as adequate temperature and an adequate food source and