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Viruses and Bacteria
vocabulary and concepts about viruses and bacteria
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| These are composed of nucleic acids enclosed in a protein coat and are smaller than the smallest bacterium. | virus |
| Most biologists consider viruses to be __________ because they do not meet all of the criteria for life. | nonliving |
| A living cell in which a virus replicates is called the __________________. | host cell |
| A virus that infects a bacterium is called a _____________, or phage for short. | bacteriophage |
| What is the outer coat of proteins that surrounds a virus's inner core of nucleic acid? | caspid |
| When the retroviral DNA is integrated into the host cell's DNA. | retrovirus |
| Newly made HIV infects the blood by ________________, which then infects other white blood cells | exocytosis |
| Viruses can distrupt the normal growth and division of cells in a host, sometimes causing ______________. | cancer |
| The ________________ is the recplication process in which a virus takes over a host cell's genetic material and uses the host cell's structures and energy to replicate until the host cell bursts, killing it | lytic cycle |
| A replication process in which the virus's nucleic acid is integrated into the host cell's chromosome | lysogenic cycle |
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