Answer:
Microbes like bacteria replicate by the method of binary fission. The bacterial cell split giving rise to two new daughters by this process. The offsprings produced by this method are identical to the parent cell. Their growth will also be similar to the parent cell.
However, exchange of DNA segments can occur from one bacteria to another by the method of conjugation, transformation and transduction. The method of conjugation occurs by formation of sex- pilli.
