Bacteria

Bacteria reproduce by the means of binary fission. Among with vaccinations bacteria can also create antibiotics that kill the disease after it enters your body. In this process the single chromosome is doubled, the bacteria divides into two cells and each cell receives one chromosome. In transformation, bacteria take up fragments of DNA released into the soil or water from decomposing bacteria. at need oxygen called aerobic bacteria and bacteria that don’t need oxygen called anaerobic bacteria. Not only this but bacteria can actually fight the diseases they cause. Out of the 30,000 bacteria species discovered, only a few hundred cause diseases yet hundreds of millions have died from bacteria related sickness. Different bacteria contain different components, While some contain endospores or pili others may contain starch granules or ribosomes and enzymes. Transduction involves the transfer of DNA between bacteria cells by a bacteriophage. Other diseases caused by bacteria include tuberculosis, tetanus, cholera and Lyme disease. The possibilities are endless, as are the different types of bacteria. Scientists have identified about 30,000 species of bacteria but there must be so many more. Bacteria come in three basic shapes, rod shaped bacteria, which are called bacilli, round shaped bacteria, which are called cocci, and spiral shaped bacteria called spiriochetes. You end up with two new, identical bacteria cells.