What is the correct answer?? Chrome File Edit View History Bookmarks People Window Help Joan L. Slonczewski, Jo! C Secure l https://moodle. 2017-2018.calstatela. php?id 829292 Tnemes 26 out of 44 nnourmo5@calstatela.edu Solution Ans. Part 2: Reproduction is the formation of one or more independent cells from one mother cell. It increase the number of cells after each reproduction event. Most bacteria reproduce through binary fission. Since formation of endospore does not increase the numbers of bacterial cells in the population as well as not separated from the parent cell, the formation of endospore (sporulation) is NOT a method of reproduction. It is better characterized as survival strategy deployed by some bacteria to escape adverse conditions. So, correct option is- B. It is an important form of reproduction for some bacteria. # Part 3: Vegetative cell: Uses central separation site Metabolically active Binary fission Transcriptionally active Endospores: Small acid soluble proteins (SASP), Dipicolinic acid, Resistant to heat, UV light, desiccation, etc. Double membrane, Both: Ribosomes, Chromosomes, Proteins, Peptidoglycan, # Endospores are double-membraned (inner and outer membrane). Gram-positve cells have only one membrane. # Though “central separation site” is not strictly defined, it’s assumed that it refers to the fact that all bacterial cells always separate at the center during reproduction. However, the site of separation of spores during sporulation can be central in some but terminal in others. # Endospores are both metabolically and transcriptionally active almost all the time. The metabolic and transcriptional activities resume only during germination of endospores. # Both the vegetative cells and endospores have peptidoglycan..