2006-11-24 13:15:48 · 4 answers · asked by Maria S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
It depends on the bacterium. Actually there are halophiles which like very high salt concentrations.
It also depends on the strain. So there are strains of E.coli which stop growing at around 0.6 M NaCl and others at 1.2 M, though it also depends on the contribution of the rest of the solutes to the osmolality of the medium.
2006-11-24 22:09:21 · answer #1 · answered by bellerophon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salt cannot kill bacteria.There is no substance which can kill bacteria.Even if you are able to kill 99.9% but not 100% why? because there are 100nanotrillion bacteria on our body and it kills 99.9% and leaves 1 billion of them which will eventually multiply.Bacteria are found in the sea where it is salty .
2006-11-24 13:26:14 · answer #2 · answered by Ashwin M 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
salt doesn't kill bacteria, it prevents them from decomposing food and other substances
2006-11-24 13:25:43 · answer #3 · answered by <3 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
all the salt in the world
2006-11-24 13:17:18 · answer #4 · answered by Smith Jerrod 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋