Can bacteria adapt to different conditions and to various types of grease, oils, and other organic accumulations or deposits in the system?
Bacteria can adapt to a range of conditions and food supplies. They can change the type of enzymes that they produce if the food source changes. They can protect themselves from changes in environmental conditions by forming colonies, biofilms, or spores. Importantly, bacteria live in “communities” made up of different species. Each species fills a biological niche, and the population of each species grows or declines in response to the environment. For example, a community may contain certain species that efficiently degrade grease, and other species that thrive on cellulose.
