Chemotaxis is the ability of a bacterial cell to detect chemical stimuli and move toward…

Prokaryotes can form relationships with other organisms. It can be mutualistic (both benefit), commensal (one…

Bacteria exist in aerobic and anaerobic variants; aerobes require oxygen while anaerobes may not require…

Bacterial growth represents an exponential increase in the number of bacteria; It is a series…

The short generation time, random mutations, and mechanisms of genetic recombination (transformation, transduction, and conjugation)…

Prokaryotes reproduce asexually by binary fission. Reproduction in prokaryotes is asexual and takes place by…