We are getting a little off topic, but just a quick reply and we can maybe try to veer back on topic.
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these bacteria live in slow motion compared to others.
First, the tubeworms that you referenced are not bacteria but metazoans. Secondly, lifespan is not the variable under question but rather generation time. Lizards reproduce once a year asexually while many bacteria (in the right conditions) can reproduce once every 20 minutes. This is quite a difference. Usually (and I stress usually) a healthy population of organisms that only reproduces once a year relies on gametes produced by meiosis to ensure a mixture of alleles to the next generation.