daughter cells
Cell division is relatively simple in prokaryotic cells. The two cells divide by binary fission. Green and orange lines indicate old and newly-generated bacterial cell walls, respectively. Eventually the parent cell will pinch apart to form two identical daughter cells. Left, growth at the center of bacterial body, such as in Bacillus subtilis and E. coli . Right, apical growth from the ends of the bacterial body, such as in Corynebacterium diphtheriae .