Across
- 4. Preparation of weakened or killed pathogens used to produce immunity to a disease
- 6. Type of infection in which a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and is replicated along with the host cell’s DNA
- 8. Unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus
- 11. Disease causing agents
- 12. RNA virus that contains RNA as its genetic information
- 13. Particle made of proteins, nucleic acids, and sometimes lipids that can replicate only by infecting living cells
- 14. Structure produced by prokaryotes in unfavorable conditions; a thick internal wall that encloses the DNA and a portion of the cytoplasm
Down
- 1. Type of infection in which a virus enters a cell, makes copies of itself, and causes the cell to burst
- 2. Protein coat surrounding a virus
- 3. Bacteriophage DNA that is embedded in the bacterial host’s DNA
- 5. type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells
- 7. Kind of virus that infects bacteria
- 9. Process in which some prokaryotes exchange genetic information
- 10. A group of drugs used to block the growth and reproduction of bacterial pathogens