What does bacteria need to survive?

Depends on what kind of bacteria. Aerobic bacteria require oxygen, anaerobic bacteria do not. They all require a source of nourishment, and some source of moisture.

What does bacteria need to survive?
I think it needs a host to survive.
Reply:Like your normal man = Dark, damp conditions and a host to live off.
Reply:warm, damp, moist areas
Reply:Food, Water, Air
Reply:u have to be more specific,if it is a parasitic then it need a host.if it is a chemo then it need chemicals.if it is anaeorobic then it needs oxygen.if it is photsynthetic then it needed sunlight.there is also other bacterias that also needed othere things.
Reply:Bacteria are like all living things, they need a food source and they need to respire.


Some bacteria are anaerobes, and have a special method of respiration that does not require oxygen. The rest need a source of oxygen in gas form.


They also need nutrients. These provide them with energy for living, and ensure they have all the ingredients for day to day life. Many bacteria are happy with sugars, oily secretions from other animals, and such.


Others use chemical reactions to release energy they can use (chemotrophs). Some use the sun, and photosynthesise, like plants.


Bacteria can live just about any where.


With humans, they live on our skin, hair, in our gut even. They live on dead things, and contribute to the cycle of life by breaking them down.


Anywhere there's food, they'll be!


We now know there are bacteria that live in what we used to assume were impossible conditions - toxic lakes, boiling water - these are called extremophiles.


Finally, they need to be able to reproduce. They do this on their own, by copying and then dividing themselves. And they do it fast!
Reply:They also need to have a method of getting rid of waste, just like everything else!
Reply:Few rules;


1. Aerobic bacteria require oxygen, anaerobic bacteria do not, like bacterias deep underground or within animal body.


2. It requires a source of nourishment, and it depends of the preferred food for type of each bacteria. some likes minerals others biological componds.


3. Different than Virus, bacterias does not need a host. There are types that can live only within a host and anothers that does not need it, so they can live everywhere.


4. Human digestive systems needs bacterias. Without it, we would not be able to get essencial from food that we eat. What i mean is; There are good and bad bacterias. .... and sometimes, bad bacterias can be also a good one it always depends about the context and environment.
Reply:Plenty of germs. The more germs the more the bacteria will spread.
Reply:same as most other creatures food,water and sleep
Reply:if its aerobic then O2


if it isnt then no O2 is fine


water food and space


and the right temperature for enzyme functioning


and removal of toxins


and prevention of attack by other pathogens
Reply:any boddies carbage
Reply:All life needs the same basic ingredients:


1. An energy source (food or light for example)


2. A carbon source (this can be food but can also be CO2)


3. Inorganic compounds such as salts containing Mg, Mn, P, K, Mo, Zn, Na, Sulfate... etc. etc.





Most bacteria are grown in a complex media called Luria-Burtani Broth (LB for short). This is basically comprised of digested protein and ground up yeast.