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