They can also survive in soil. When bacteria have glucose to use as energy, they can reproduce during a process known as binary fission. Binary fission occurs when one single-celled organism ...

Compared to viruses, bacteria are larger and have a more sophisticated structure that includes a cytoplasm, membrane, cell wall, and genetic material. Because they reproduce via binary fission ...

a rare kind of cell division called multiple fission. C. matruchotii is one of the most common bacteria living in human dental plaque. Credit: Scott Chimileski, MBL. See Chimileski et al (2024), PNAS.