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19 Cards in this Set
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Virus |
code that copies itself ,corrupting the system or destroying data |
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Capsid |
coiled, made of proteins, encloses the nucleic acid of a virus. |
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Bacteriophage |
parasitizes infecting it and reproducing inside it |
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Retrovirus |
RNA viruses put a DNA copy of their genome into the host cell to replicate |
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Vaccine |
injected into a person or animal protect against a particular disease |
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Emerging Disease |
fectious disease newly appeared in a population |
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Antibiotic |
used to kill harmful bacteria cure infections |
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Prokaryote |
lacks nucleas and simple |
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Lytic infection |
Infection of a bacterium by a phage which replicates uncontrollably, destroying its host and eventually releasing many copies into the medium
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Prophage |
geneticmaterial of the virus is integrated into, replicated, and expressed with the genetic material of the bacterial host. |
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Antibiotic |
Antibiotics are powerful medicines that fight bacterial infections. |
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Lysogenic infection |
process - viral DNA becomes part of a host cell's DNA. |
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Prion |
pathogen causes disease in animals by forming a protein clump |
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Bacillus |
rod shaped bacterium causing bacteria |
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Coccus |
spherical bacteria |
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Spirillum |
spiral shaped bacterium found in stale water |
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Binary Fission |
process -bacterium replicates its DNA and divides in half |
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Endospore |
spore Forms bacteria when growth conditions become unfavorable |
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Conjugation |
exchange of genetic material in bacteria |
