Why, bacteria eat almost anything they can get! Of course,

they can't chew through cement. They can eat anything

edible to animals and humans, probably more! Take wood for

example, termites eat wood, bacteria eat wood too. In fact,

termites wouldn't even be able to eat wood if it wasn't for

the bacteria in their stomachs!

Bacteria are decomposers. Decomposers eat anything dead and

once they are finished they put nutrients from the dead

object or plant back into the ground to grow new plants