The salt draws the water out of the bacteria. This causes them to shrivel up and die, literally. This is why people use saline solution on piercings and gargle salt water.
the salt starts to disintegrate
It dies.
drys/preserves meat. (kills bacteria)
explodes
It floats.
Nothing. They're terrestrial.
The color of the flame depends on the metal from the salt.
The concentration of salt increase up to saturation.
Bacteria doesn't contain salt.
Salt cannot be "put in mercury" unless the salt is mechanically restrained. Mercury has a much higher density than salt and does not chemically react with it, so that salt will simply float on the mercury.
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They die