Binary Fission

Question 1

What is binary fission?

Answer 1

Where bacteria divides
Circular dna replicates
Plasmids replicate (as many times)
DNA elongates and the DNA attached to the cell wall separate
Then there’s two new bacteria - cytoplasmic division

Question 2

How do you find out the number of cells produced in binary fission?

Answer 2

Always 2(n) - n being the number of times the bacteria has replicated

Question 3

How do you find out the amount of times bacteria cells have replicated

Answer 3

You do log2(n)
Always use 2
N is the number of cells we want to find out that have been replicated