The mechanism of division in bacteria differs from that of eukaryotes ... many genes and proteins that influence the passage from one phase of the cell cycle to another have been identified.
an organism grows an organism becomes damaged and needs to produce new cells for repair organisms like bacteria reproduce ... the length of different stages of the cell cycle can be estimated ...
These basic processes, known collectively as the cell cycle, are repeated throughout ... Prokaryotic cells, which include bacteria, undergo a type of cell division known as binary fission.