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.

The bacterial cell wall is crucial to maintain viability. It has previously been suggested that Gram-positive bacteria have a periplasmic region between the cell membrane and peptidoglycan cell wall ...

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 ...