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How does streptococcus pneumonia?

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Anonymous

13y ago
Updated: 6/9/2023

S. pneumoniae reproduces through a mechanism known as binary fission. It involves the cell copying it's genetic material then splitting in two by a ring of proteins called the FTsZ ring.

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