Topic 6: Bacteria Reproduction

kinds fits into spec point 6.6 Understand how Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infect human cells, causing a sequence of symptoms that may result in death.

What is the process of bacteria reproduction called?

Binary fission

What are the stages of bacterial reproduction?

1. Single circular DNA molecule undergoes DNA replication. If there are plasmids present, they also undergo replication.

2. Other organelles replicate.

3. Parent cell divides into two cells with the cytoplasm halved between the two daughter cells.

4. Two genetically daughter cells are formed.

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