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How many times can a single bacteria reproduce in a single human life-time?
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∙ 13y ago
What do you mean by single? A bacteria reproduces by binary fission creating two identical offspring with a very low mutation rate. Is the left organism the original or the right? Bacteria have progeny and the amount of progeny is due to the availability of nutrients in the environment. One bacteria could give rise to many progeny that continue to give rise to other progeny. However, it has not been studied how many progeny a single bacteria could give rise to. Are they immortal? Do they die after 100 generations?
Yeast replicate by budding and after every offspring a scar is left over. Once the yeast is covered in scars, it will die and not replicate. Bacteria are different and replicate, as mentioned before, by binary fission. To test this hypothesis is to follow one strand of DNA until the bacteria containing it dies. That stand is from the original organism and is technically the "god father" of all the progeny. This experiment seems practical, but has not been done.
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How are protists like bacteria?
prostists are like bacteria because they are single celled and they are microscopic because they are very tiny to be seen.
Who Bacteria or viruses invisible to the naked eye?
Bacteria are visible. The plaque on your teeth, or such foods as cheese is mostly bacteria, and you can see it. Though, these are millions of bacteria in a clump, and you can only see the clump, not the individual bacterium. So, if you are looking at one bacterum, only the largest bacterium can be seen with the naked human eye, since they are single-celled organisms. However, for most bacterium, you need visual enhancers, such as a microscope, to see a single specimine, because most types of bacteria are too small for the naked human eye.
What ways Bacteria and protists can be helpful to people?
Bacteria: They are in your intestines to break down food and produce vitamin k your body needs. Protist:Are primitive single-cell organisams, some of which cause human diseases.
All bacteria cause human illness?
For plato users the answer is False and no Bacteria cannot cause human illness
What are the differences between bacteria and humans?
There are many differences * Bacteria are microscopic while human is not. * Bacteria are prokaryotes. Human is eukaryote. * Bacteria has a cell wall. * Bacteria are the earliest known organisms on earth.
Does bacteria reproduce when it enters the human body?
Yes, that's why bacterial diseases are so dangerous.
How smelly can a fart get?
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Single-celled organisms are very common?
They have Millions of bacteria live on the human body.
How are protists like bacteria?
prostists are like bacteria because they are single celled and they are microscopic because they are very tiny to be seen.
What is the process of bacterial reproduction called?
The most common bacterial reproduction is by Binary Fission, which is the use of mitosis to create two identical cells from one. Rarely, bacteria can reproduce sexually (ie using meiosis to create genetically different daughter cells) but this is not the most widely used mechanism.
Why do transgenic bacteria that have the gene for human insulin produce insulin produce in great abundance?
bacteria reproduce quickly. The more transgenic bacteria there are, the more insulin is produced. (I am taking an online Biology course and this question was asked, and this was the answer the online class gave me)
What are the similarities between bacteria viruses and yeast?
All three, viruses, protists, and bacteria, reproduce asexually. However, bacteria replicates through binary fission, while viruses reproduce through replication. Protists are also capable of reproducing sexually.
How do you make bacteria in Doodle God?
Swamp+life=bacteria
Why can Bacteria are able to produce human proteins?
They reproduce quickly, so they often produce much of the desired protein in a short time.
Where in the body do bacteria reproduce?
Hi yes Bacterias can reproduce.Bacteria are prokaryotic organisms that reproduce asexually. Bacterial reproduction most commonly occurs by a kind of cell division called binary fission. Binary fission results in the formation of two bacterial cells that are genetically identical.
What cells reproduce quickly?
Bacterial reproduction is measured in terms of generation time or doubling time. This is the time taken by a single Cell to double. For E.coli, the generation time is 40 min; for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it takes 2 days.
Is it true that a single cell has all of the items necessary to carry out life's activities?
depends on what kind of single cell you are talking about. if it a single cell in bacteria, then yes, it does, but a single cell in the human body, I'm not so sure of that
