If bacteria die from (for example, boiled water) where do their corpses go?
In: Biology
The temperature of the water makes most of the structural molecules and proteins to dissolve (denaturate), making it into a liquid. Since there is nothing more resistant to heat like bones, you cannot find any remains.
There are other organisms of the same size that have capsule-like protections that can resist heat, like the silicon shells of diatoms (algae) and some spores from fungi and plants.
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