Question

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
The speed of binary fission in Escherichia coli is:

• A. considerably slower than mitosis of advanced organisms since bacteria are primitive
• B. considerably faster than mitosis of advanced organisms
• C. essentially the same speed as mitosis in advanced organisms since the need to build DNA and new cell components is the same in both organisms
• D. none of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is B considerably faster than mitosis of advanced organisms

As in E.coli binary fission take up to 20 min at 37 °C. Because the new cells will, in turn, undergo binary fission on their own. And the mitosis being a lengthy process takes more time for division. So the correct option is 'considerably faster than mitosis of advanced organism'.