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