Bacteria can reproduce asexually through binary fission or sexually through conjugation. Binary fission is the process where a single bacteria cell duplicates its DNA and divides into two identical daughter cells, allowing bacteria populations to double in size very rapidly under the right conditions of warmth, moisture, food and other environmental factors. During conjugation, genetic material is exchanged between two bacteria cells through a bridge formed between their cell walls.

1. Reproduction in Bacteria

2. Bacteria can rapidly reproduce themselves in warm, dark, and moist conditions Bacteria need plenty of food and the right temperature Other conditions like space, oxygen and light must also be met Conditions needed for Bacteria to reproduce

3. How often do bacteria reproduce? The time of reproduction depends on how desirable the conditions are Some can reproduce every 20 minutes ( one bacteria could be an ancestor to one million bacteria in six hours)

4. Two Types of Reproduction asexually sexually binary fission conjugation.

5. Conjugation A bridge is formed between two bacteria and genetic information in exchanged.

6. Conjugation Rediscovering Biology - Animation Archive

7. Bacterial Cell & Nucleiod DNA Ring DNA replication Cell wall synthesis Cell separation Binary Fission

8. BINARY FISSION Bacteria dividing Completed

9. Cell Division: Binary Fission http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BinaryFissionAnimationC2.gif