How do bacteria reproduce?

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Evan Holbrook
Jun 29, 2018

Through an asexual process called binary fission.

Explanation:

This process is very much like mitosis, the main way that eukaryotic cells divide.

Here is a diagram depicting the steps of binary fission:

![http://biology-pictures.blogspot.com/2011/11/http://binary-fission-in-bacteria.html](https://useruploads.socratic.org/VmFG7rVsR3SEis981dtw_11-02_BinaryFission_0_L.jpg)

Hope this helps!

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