In your job you separate food from water to stop bugs, bacteria and algae from growing in it, while you are doing this

Question: In your job you separate food from water to stop bugs, bacteria and algae from growing in it, while you are doing this do you find new species of bugs, bacteria and algae?
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Asked by to Emily on 19 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
- Emily Hayward answered on 19 Jun 2014:
  
  Great question fly07,
  
  I’m not really looking at the bugs, bacteria and algae specifically, I’m mainly looking at the step before they grow, and trying to prevent them from growing in the first place. If I leave the dirty water sitting for long enough I may well discover new species, however I aim to try and keep everything as clean as possible so we dont have growth problems!

Question: In your job you separate food from water to stop bugs, bacteria and algae from growing in it, while you are doing this do you find new species of bugs, bacteria and algae?