Reproduction 

Binary Fission

Bacillus lentimorbus reproduces asexually through the process of binary fission.

This is where the DNA of a cell is replicated and a cell wall forms around each divided DNA. Then they split into two cells, each with the capacity of growing to the size of a normal cell.

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