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Escherichia coli bacteria undergoing cytokinesis in the final stage of binary fission (scanning electron micrograph; magnified 21,674 times).
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Understand how pathogenic bacteria can cause botulism, typhoid, cholera, and pneumonia
Many prokaryotic organisms such as bacteria reproduce by the process of binary fission.
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Escherichia coli bacteria undergoing cytokinesis in the final stage of binary...
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