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Chapter 18!!!
Vocabulary!!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| are microscopic organisms that are prokaryotes. | bacteria |
| are found in large, circular chromosome in an area of the cell. | nucleoid |
| can prevent the cell from drying out and helping the cell attach to surfaces in its environment. | capsule |
| are microscopic, hairlike structures that are made of protein. | pili |
| is the division of a cell into two genetically identical cell. | binary fission |
| are prokaryotes exhibit a form of reproduction. | conjugation |
| is when environmental conditions are harsh, some types of bacteria produce a structure. | endospore |
| is a nonliving strand of genetic material within a protein coat. | virus |
| is the outer layer of all viruses and is made of proteins. | capsid |
| is the host cell that makes many copies of the viral DNA and RNA. | lytic cycle |
| is the viral DNA inserts, or integrates into a chromosome in a host cell. | lysogenic cycle |
| are some viruses have RNA instead of DNA for their genetic material. | retrovirus |
| is a protein that can cause infection or disease and it is also called proteinaceous infectious particle. | prion |