Biology

Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi

How do bacteria reproduce?

Bacteria reproduce asexually, by binary fission—a process in which one cell divides into two similar cells. First the circular, bacterial DNA replicates, and then a transverse wall is formed by an ingrowth of both plasma membrane and the cell wall.



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