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Research is a way of generating [[Resources|'''resources''']], earning and upgrading [[Evolved Bacteria|'''evolved bacteriaEvolved Bacteria''']], and improving bacteria Bacteria production.

Most research types require some amount of time to be completed and use [[Resources#Scientists|'''scientistsScientists''']], which are returned to the player after completion. New research types can be unlocked by destroying [[Planets|'''planets''']].

The ability to mutate [[Evolved Bacteria|'''evolved bacteriaEvolved Bacteria''']] is unlocked after destroying 4 [[planets]].

Mutation requires two bacteria Bacteria of equal level and always gives one bacteria Bacteria of a higher level as a reward. The rarity of the mutated bacteria Bacteria is the same as the rarity of the used bacteriaBacteria. If they are of different rarities, the mutated bacteria Bacteria will have a random rarity in the same range, so it is not possible to obtain a higher rarity bacteria Bacteria through mutation.

Mutation is instantaneous and it requires no scientistsScientists. However, after it is complete, the player has to clean the lab before it can be again used for mutations. Cleaning takes 2 hours and requires 2 [[File:Scientist.png|20px|link=http://wiki.bacterialtakeover.com/index.php?title=Resources#Scientists]]