Day 11 vocab

1. the protein shell of a virus particle that surrounds its nucleic acid
3. a test that checks for bacteria at the site of a suspected infection such as the throat, lungs, genitals, or in skin wounds
4. able to synthesize their own organic molecules from the fixation of carbon dioxide
6. extremely minute infectious particles consisting of a protein coat and a core of nucleic acid
7. a slender threadlike structure, especially a microscopic appendage that enables many protozoa, bacteria, spermatozoa, etc. to swim.
8. a small infectious agent that is unable to replicate outside a living animal cell
9. a disease-causing bacterium
10. any spherical or roughly spherical bacterium.
11. photosynthetic organism (such as a green plant or a cyanobacterium) that utilizes energy from light to synthesize organic molecules.

2. a bacterium with a rigid spiral structure, found in stagnant water and sometimes causing disease.
5. any illness you get from a virus
9. a virus that parasitizes a bacterium by infecting it and reproducing inside it.