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Question 1

Microbial PhysiologyStrategies of Cell Division

MCQ

Read the question, then carefully choose the correct answer(s).

Appeared in Year: 2019

For bacterial growth single cell elongates in size before it divides into two called binary fission. During cell growth, (December)

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

New peptidoglycan synthesis is required but no hydrolysis of the old peptidoglycan occurs.

b.

The old peptidoglycan is completely degraded and replaced with the newly synthesized longer polymer.

c.

New peptidoglycan synthesis is required along with the hydrolysis of bonds linking the old peptidoglycan chains.

d.

Newly synthesized peptidoglycan is utilized to deposit a new layer of the peptidoglycan in the cell wall.