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Bacterial Cell Division - The bacterial cell division also represents differentiation at a much simpler level. Since bacterial life cycle involves growth and enlargement of the cell ultimately resulting in the formation of two daughter cells by binary fission.

The time between separation of a daughter cell and the division of that cell to yield two cells is taken as one life span of that bacterium

During this process a number of biochemical and physical changes occur in the bacterial cells which are the result of altered gene expression, similar to those which occur during morphogenesis. Thus, during cell growth and division, there is a succession of events that coincide with the synthesis of different products and the division cycle follows a definite time sequence.