Question

How does bacteria grow?

Answer 1

• The bacteria itself doesn't grow, but how many you end up with over time does. The "colony" grows, the group of bacteria.

• Basically, a bacteria splits into 2, and then those split into 2, and so on.

• This is called asexual reproduction.
• Regular sexual reproduction involves 2 different partners, but a bacteria is basically cloning itself so it's genetically the same.
• Bacteria grows asexually.