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Explain why bacteria do not completely engulf the earth even though they reproduce rapidly enough to do so?
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∙ 13y ago
Bacterial growth is constrained by several parameters such as the level of nutrients around them, the temperature they grow at, pH and whether they grow in air or not just to name a few. No single bacteria can grow in all conditions so therefore bacteria can never engulf the earth. Most bacteria have fairly specific growth conditions.
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