Across
- 3. an organism in either of the domains Archaea or Bacteria
- 4. a type of viral reproduction in which the virus's genetic material is reproduced by the host cell during normal cell division, resulting in daughter cells that contain the viral material
- 6. the rapid infection and destruction of a host cell by a virus, resulting in the release of more virus particles
- 7. a virus that infects bacteria
- 9. the practice of a bacterium taking in free-floating DNA from its environment, after which the bacterium can express its traits coded for by the new DNA
- 13. organic molecules that carry genetic information in the form of either DNA or RNA
- 14. a protein coat that surrounds the nucleic acid of a virus
- 15. a virus that can force a host cell to transcribe the viral RNA into the host's DNA
- 19. short for the term "proteinaceous infectious particle, prions are infectious agents made entirely of protein
- 21. an organism in kingdom Archaea that thrives in hot environments, such as around hydrothermal vents
- 23. an infectious agent of plants that consists of a circular strand of RNA with no capsid or envelope
- 25. a lipid bilayer that surrounds the capsid in some viruses
- 26. the translation of DNA from one bacterium to another by a bacteriophage
Down
- 1. an agent that causes a disease
- 2. a protective coating found outside the cell walls of many bacteria
- 5. a type of asexual reproduction used by all prokaryotes in which an organism divides to produce two identical organisms
- 8. a domain containing a certain kind of prokaryotic organisms, many of which are extremophiles
- 10. the non-membrane-bound region in prokaryotic cells that contains most of the genetic material
- 11. an organism in the kingdom Archaea that thrives in very acidic environments such as acidic hot springs.
- 12. a small infectious agent that can replicate only by using the metabolism and machinery of a living cell
- 16. an organism in the kingdom Archaea that thrives in extremely salty environments, such as Utah's Great Salt Lake
- 17. a protein found in the cell walls of bacteria but not in archaea
- 18. an organism in the kingdom archaea that lives in anaerobic environments such and produces methane during metabolism
- 20. the collective genomes of the microorganisms (microbiota) that live in an environmental niche
- 22. the transfer of plasmid material from one bacterium to another through a conjugation tube
- 24. a whip-like cellular organelle similar in structure to a cilium but longer and used primarily for movement in many bacteria