Bacteria

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« Pathogenic bacteria are a major cause of human death and disease. Typically a few micrometres in length; they are extremely adaptable and can spread rapidly. »
— Description of Bacteria in Plague Inc.: The Board Game

The Bacteria is a standard plague. As the first plague type available to choose, it possesses all normal abilities, symptoms and transmissions.

Description

Main Mode

The bacteria is quite balanced in the Main Mode, this type of disease has extra abilities that help it spread in certain environments. This type of disease has no problem spreading through land, air or water, although it requires the evolution of certain transmissions in order to propagate quickly. The bacteria may sometimes mutate a few symptoms from time to time as it has a default mutation of 0.5, although the player can increase it through transmissions.

Cure Mode

The bacteria can be easily traced as it presents obvious symptoms and does not require testing. This type of disease has no special operations, nor does it have many strengths so it is easy to treat and cure, unlike the other plagues in this mode.

Special Ability

The special ability for Bacteria is Bacterial Resilience, which raises its survivability and effectiveness in all climates. It does not give Drug Resistance and the boost is less than those provided by Cold/Heat Resistance individually.

Trivia

  • It is required to unlock the Insane Bolt achievement.
  • Bacteria, along with Parasite, Prion and Bio-Weapon, are one of the plagues in which there is a refund or don't cost DNA points when devolving traits, therefore it is useful to use the Ionised Helix gene.[1]
  • Bacteria is a type of disease available in Plague Inc.: The Board Game,[2] it was added when the Board Game's Kickstarter was launched.[3]
  • Bacteria is one of the five plagues that appears in Multiplayer Mode, this type of disease along with Virus were available in this mode when it was first released in 2015.
  • Some of the code used in the Bacteria was reused for the Black Death scenario.[4]

Stages of Evolution

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Stage 1
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Stage 2
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Stage 3
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Stage 4

Cure Mode Traits

Main Article: Cure Mode
  1. Well Understood: Does not need to be analysed before control actions can be taken
  2. Coughing: Chance of infection by spreading pathogen into surroundings. Increases infectivity
  3. Internal Haemorrhaging: Arterial membranes break down, causing rapid internal bleeding and death
  4. Rash: The skin becomes blistered and painful, slightly increasing infectivity
  5. Hyper Sensitivity: Increases likelihood of allergic reactions which can distract the immune system
  6. Obvious Symptoms: Spread of the disease can be seen before investigation teams have been set up
  7. Necrosis: Large swathes of infected tissue lose blood supply and become fatally gangrenous


Achievements

Bacteria-victory.jpg Achievement Name: Bacteria Victory
Achievement Description: Win a game with Bacteria on Normal Difficulty or higher
Value: N/A Difficulty: Normal
Bacteria Master.jpg Achievement Name: Bacteria Master
Achievement Description: Beat Bacteria on mega-brutal difficulty
Value: Difficulty: Mega Brutal


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