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7. What is the best environment that promotes bacterial growth? Describe temperature, pH and other factors.

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Bacteria can live in hotter and colder temperatures than humans, but they do best in a warm, moist, protein-rich environment that is pH neutral or low acid. There are exceptions: some bacteria thrive in extreme heat or cold. some can survive under highly acidic or extremely salty conditions.

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Most disease-causing bacteria thrive in warm temperatures, especially those close to body temperature. Bacteria need water to grow and die without a water source. Moist areas are particularly prone to bacterial growth. The pH of an environment -- a measure of its acidity or alkalinity -- is important for bacterial growth. Most strains of disease-causing bacteria prefer to grow in conditions with a near neutral pH, similar to the pH of the human body. Some strains of bacteria, however, can live in more acidic or more alkaline conditions.

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