Chapter 18: Vocabulary Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. reproductive process in which one cell divides into two separate genetically individual cells
  2. 4. outercoat of protein that surrounds a virus inner core of nucleic acid
  3. 8. also called phages, virus that infects bacteria
  4. 10. process by which bacteria converts nitrogen in the air into ammonia
  5. 12. the RNA virus with the most complex replication style
  6. 13. a disease-causing, nonliving particle made up of nucleic acid enclosed in a protein coat
Down
  1. 1. viral DNA that is integrated into a host cell's chromosome and replicated each time the host cell replicates
  2. 3. structure formed by bacteria during life-threatening conditions that contains DNA and a small amount of cytoplasm
  3. 5. living cell in which a virus replicates
  4. 6. poison produced by a bacterium
  5. 7. autotrophic process in which organisms receive energy from the breakdown of inorganic compounds containing sulfur and nitrogen
  6. 9. a virus-like infectious agent coposed of only protein, with no genetic material
  7. 11. a virus-like infectious agent that is composed of only a single, circular strand of RNA