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Assertion : Bacteria divide by mitotic division.Reason : Meiosis occurs in Rhizobium.

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Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion

Both Assertion and Reason are true, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion

Assertion is true, but Reason is false

Assertion is false, but Reason is true

answer is 3.

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Bacteria divide by binary fission, it is a mitotic division, each bacterial cell is divided into two identical daughter cells. Rhizobium is a nodule forming bacterium present in roots of leguminous plants. These bacteria divide by binary fission. Meiosis does not take place in bacteria because all bacteria are haploid in nature. They contain only single set of chromosomes.

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