Across
- 5. he protein shell of a virus particle that surrounds its nucleic acid.
- 7. a virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it.
- 9. virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it.
- 11. Chemoautotrophs are able to synthesize their own organic molecules from the fixation of carbon dioxide.
- 12. intracellular parasites that infect plants and cause diseases.
Down
- 1. a test that checks for bacteria at the site of a suspected infection such as the throat, lungs, genitals, or in skin wounds.
- 2. A small infectious agent that is unable to replicate outside a living animal cell.
- 3. a photosynthetic organism (such as a green plant or a cyanobacterium) that utilizes energy from light to synthesize organic molecules.
- 4. the incorporation of viral DNA into a host cell, replication of that material, and the release of the new viruses.
- 6. a slender threadlike structure, especially a microscopic appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa, etc. to swim.
- 8. a disease-causing bacterium.
- 10. any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.
