Among the bacteria and archaea, which process produces results that are most similar to the results of sexual reproduction in eukaryotes and why?

a.) binary fission, because it is used to produce identical daughter cells.
b.) conjugation, because one cell trades genetic material directly with another cell.
c.) transduction, because genes are added to the cell through an intermediary.
d.) transformation, because the cell picks up genes from its environment.

The correct answer is option B

The process that is similar to sexual reproduction is the conjugation. One cells transfers the genetic material directly to another cell.

Conjugation can be defined as the process in which bacterium transfers the genetic material to another cell being in contact.

During this process one bacterium acts as the donor and one bacterium acts as the recipient.

The bacterium(donor) carries fertility factor that allows to produce pilus which is used to contact with the recipient.

By the help of pilus genetic material is transferred into another bacterium.

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step 1 ammonium can be absorbed by plants, but some is converted into nitrates which are better for plants to absorb. this is called nitrification. 2. step 2 the deer eats the plants and uses the nitrogen-containing proteins for cell growth. 3. step 3 bacteria in the soil conduct nitrogen fixation to convert nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into ammonium. 4. step 4 some of the nitrates are absorbed back into plants, but denitrification breaks down the nitrates into nitrogen gas released back into the atmosphere. 5. step 5 nitrogen is found in the urine, which gets broken down into ammonium through the process of ammonification. 6. step 6 plants absorb the ammonium and begin assimilation, the process to add the nitrogen to protein.