When a stalk cell undergoes asymmetric cell division

When a stalk cell undergoes asymmetric cell division, it produces a stalk cell and a second cell. Whenever this bacteria’s cell elongates, the opposite pole of the stalk produces a flagellum. The process continues as the elongation continues producing another asymmetric cell that has two morphological parts. The second cell on the other hand turns to the stalk cell first so that it can divide. This bacteria seemed to be different or unique rather (Mayr, 1997). This is because eukaryote cells usually undergo four steps in the division. The preparatory phase starts then the second stage where DNA replication takes place. The third step is preliminary preparation for the last step which is full cell division. In this bacterium, it is evident that the DNA process stopped because the stalk cell turned out to be incompetent (Mayr, 2005).