Psychrotrophic bacteria thrive in very cold temperatures.

嗜冷细菌在极冷的温度下繁殖。

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Each molecule of a protein called lactoferrin, for example, can bind to two atoms of iron. Because many pathogenic bacteria thrive on iron, lactoferrin halts their spread by making iron unavailable.

例如，每一个称为乳铁蛋白的蛋白质分子，可以绑定两个铁原子，因为许多病原菌成长中需要铁原子，乳铁蛋白通过绑定铁原子中止其在身体中扩散。

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Its surface is no more unpleasant than the inside of a volcanic vent, where bacteria thrive.

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In Sweden he visited a plant where refuse is rotated in an unused rotary kiln for three days, allowing bacteria that thrive in that temperature to quickly degrade it into fertilizer and bits of plastic.

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However, harmful bacteria tend to thrive in the acidic environment that is created when we eat sugary foods to the detriment of beneficial bacteria, which increases the risk of tooth decay.

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