What happens to the corpses of bacteria when it dies, are there just dead bacteria cells everywhere? Where does it go?

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What happens to the corpses of bacteria when it dies, are there just dead bacteria cells everywhere? Where does it go?

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Well, corpse isn’t realdy a thing for a single cell creature. When it dies, the cell wall is no longer maintained. It ruptures and the chemicals inside spill out.