CH5 Viruses

3. A fully formed, intact viral particle that is capable of establishing an infection in a host cell.
4. A plant pathogen consisting of short, naked strands of RNA lacking a protein capsid.
7. A complex virus that specifically targets and infects bacterial cells.
9. A large, multinucleated cell formed when adjacent virus-infected host cells fuse together.
10. Clear zones on a culture plate where host cells have been lysed and destroyed by viral activity.
14. The replication phase where the viral capsid is removed, releasing nucleic acid into the cytoplasm.

1. Term describing a virus that possesses an outer lipid membrane derived from the host cell.
2. The inactive viral genome integrated into the host bacterium's chromosome during a lysogenic infection.
5. A novel, virus-like RNA entity newly discovered in the human gut microbiome in 2024.
6. An infectious agent composed entirely of protein with no nucleic acid whatsoever.
8. The silent cycle where a bacteriophage integrates into the host genome and remains dormant without lysing the cell.
9. Glycoprotein projections on the viral surface that allow the virus to attach specifically to host cell receptors.
11. The very first step of the animal viral replication cycle involving attachment to the host surface.
12. The process by which an oncogenic virus alters a normal host cell into a cancerous cell.
13. The outer protein shell surrounding a virus's nucleic acid core.