Microbiology Chapter 5

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Across
  1. 2. Viruses are this size in comparison to most cells
  2. 4. A fully formed virus that is able to establish an infection in a host cell
  3. 6. Viruses that infect bacteria
  4. 10. Virus-like agents that effect plants
  5. 11. This is the external protein shell surround a virus
  6. 12. Newly discovered rod-shaped fragments of RNA found in the human digestive system
  7. 13. Experts estimate that this percent of cancers are caused by viruses
  8. 14. The first discovery of viruses occurred in these types of plants
  9. 16. This defines the types of cells a virus can infect
  10. 17. This classification system was based on a virus' nucleic acoid and how it is produced
  11. 18. HIV uses its own reverse _________ to replicate enzymes because the host cells lack it
Down
  1. 1. Infectious proteins
  2. 3. Viruses lack these, which are responsible for synthesizing proteins
  3. 5. When bacteriophages infect but remain dormant, it is this type of cycle
  4. 7. Viruses sometimes may contain an external lipid membrane, when they do they are said to be
  5. 8. The effect of oncogenic viruses on host cells
  6. 9. Fat redistribution as a result from HIV treatment
  7. 15. These effects cause damage to the host cell by the virus