Bacteria and fungi in the soil process nutrients in the soil into a form that the plants can utilize. Dead plant material, decaying animals, dung, etc. contain the nutrients plants need to grow, but they have no access to them until they are broken down into a form that can be used in the plant's physiological processes. This is the job of the soil microorganisms. Not just bacteria, but fungi, protozoa, nematodes, etc.
How does bacteria help plants live?
certain bacteria eat bad bacteria... and some bacteria eat molecules or other bacteria to convert this food source into energy and eventually excrement which could be a readily available source of nutrients for plants... look at it this way... .
bacteria breaks down organics... such as say ...an apple... throw the apple outside on the ground and eventually it rots... bacteria helps break this down.... then one day you look and see worms... worms are eating this bacteria and turning it into energy and then excreting it to nutrients available for plants...
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