growth, responsiveness cellular structure, and metabolism.1 Without showing all five of them, then the organism is said not to be a living creature. One of the many great things about S. choleraesuis, is that it exhibits all the characteristics. The first of the qualities of life is reproduction. It is probably the easiest of them to show since the goal in life it so reproduce viable offspring. The Salmonella family do this by a-sexual reproduction, that is there is no mating between the species. It also grows, this happens during the growth cycle of reproduction where the cell with expand so that its daughter cells can form off of it. S. choleraesuis also adapts to its environment, or is shows responsiveness, by moving away and toward chemicals and light that are present in the environment. S choleraesuis has a cellular structure, that is the different parts of the cell are uniform and aren't haphazardly in the cell. Last put not least, the organism has a metabolism, that is it can take in nutrients and use them for energy. Those characteristics might seem small, but they all play an important role.