Across
- 1. Particle made up of nucleic acid, protein, and in some cases lipids that can replicate only by infecting living cells
- 2. infection Process in which a virus enters a cell, makes a copy of itself, and causes the cell to burst
- 4. Disease causing agent
- 5. Spherical prokaryote
- 6. infection Process by which a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell and is replicated along with the host cell’s DNA
- 8. Virus that infects bacteria
- 13. Rod-shaped prokaryote
Down
- 1. A preparation of weakened or killed pathogens
- 3. Form of sexual reproduction in which paramecium and some prokaryotes exchange genetic information
- 7. Spiral or corkscrew-shaped prokaryote Binary fission: Type of asexual reproduction in which an organism replicates its DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells
- 9. Unicellular organism lacking a nucleus
- 10. Compound that blocks the growth and reproduction of bacteria
- 11. Outer protein coat of a virus
- 12. fixation Process of converting nitrogen gas into ammonia