Chapter 18 Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Fission: Asexual form of reprduction
  2. 4. Polysaccharide layer that surronds the cell wall
  3. 7. Dormant becterial cell able to survive for long periods of time during extreme environmental conditions
  4. 9. Area in a prokaryotic cell that contains a large circular chromosome
  5. 11. Protein that can cause infection or disease
  6. 12. Submicroscopic structure made of protein that can help a bacterial cell attach to environmental surfaces
Down
  1. 1. Outer protein layer that surronds the genetic material of a virus
  2. 2. Nonliving strand of genetic material that cannot replicate on its own
  3. 5. Cycle: Viral replication process in which DNA inserts into the host cell's chromosome
  4. 6. Form of reproduction used by some prokaryotes in which the prokaryotic cells attach to each other and exchange genetic material
  5. 8. Microscopic prokaryotes most are benifical to humans but a small percent are harmful
  6. 10. Cycle: Viral replication process in which genetic material of the virus enters the host cell's cytoplasm