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.

crescentus continues to uncover the complexities of bacterial cell cycle regulation ... Dimorphic life cycle: A life cycle that includes two distinct forms or stages, such as motile and non ...

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 ...