1. Mobility Some have one or more flagella
Some lash, snake or spiral forward
Some glide on a layer of slime-like material

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Nutrition
Prokaryotes can be heterotrophic or autotrophic.
Energy is released by cellular respiration (aerobic) or fermentation (anaerobic) or both
1. Obligate aerobes require oxygen
2. Obligate anaerobes live without oxygen because they may be killed by it
3. Facultative anaerobes can survive with or without oxygen
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3. Reproduction - Asexual
Binary fission
Most common
When bacterium is near double in size, bacterial cell replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells.
Ex) E. coli

4. Genetic exchange Conjugation
Protein bridge forms between 2 bacterial cells
One bacterium transfers some/all of its DNA to the other cell
Results in recipient bacterial cell with new genetic variation
Recipient bacterium will then undergo binary fission

5. Spore Formation
In unfavorable growth conditions, an endospore can form
the bacterium produces a thick internal wall that encloses its DNA and some of its cytoplasm.