The traditional definition of species does work well with bacteria

True

False

The correct answer is option - false.

Explanation:

The traditional definition explains species as "a group of individuals that are capable of interbreeding in nature on their own known as a species". In nature, species could be considered as the biggest gene pool possible.

The bacterium does not follow this traditional definition of the species as they can only reproduce asexually by binary fission. So, this definition can not be applied easily to the organism that uses asexual reproduction only.

Thus, the correct answer is - false.