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Division VS Replication

CerebralXZC
in Biology

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Do bacteria and viruses divide, or replicate?

 

Surely, if they are to divide, their total surface area / volume will never increase?

 

Bacteria grow and then divide. Viruses replicate by inserting their genetic material into a host cell and essentially turning that cell into a little virus factory.

Why wouldn't there ever be an increase in their surface area or volume? Bacteria eat things and can grow . . .

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