Bacteria Shapes
round, spherical shape
What is cocci?
first stain
What is crystal violet?
injects viral nucleic acid into a host cell
What is bacteriophage tail?
small circular DNA that can replicate independently
What is a plasmid?
What is the lytic cycle?
spiral shape
What is spirillum?
Color of gram+ bacteria
What is purple?
contents of a viral genome
What are DNA or RNA?
term for a bacteria that can survive without oxygen
What is anaerobic?
enzyme that makes DNA from RNA; found in viruses like HIV
What is reverse transcriptase?
rod shaped
What is bacillus?
color of gram negative bacteria
What is pink?
What is when isolated habitats are developed?
makes mRNA into a protein
What is a ribosome?
abnormal protein that causes a disease
What is a prion?
this pre-fix means "chains"
What is strept?
2nd stain
What is safarin?
viral replication pathway where the virus remains in the host for months or years
What is the lysogenic pathway?
organelle that moves bacteria
What is a flagella?
reasons why bacteria have become antibiotic resistant
What are overuse of antibiotics and antibacterial products?
This pre-fix means "clusters"
What is staph?
reason why gram positive bacteria stain purple
What is a thick layer of peptidoglycan causes it to take up the first stain?
reason why the flu vaccine must be changed every year
What is viruses mutate quickly?
type of virus that does not kill the host cell immediately
What is a temperate virus?
no capsid and infects plants
What is a viroid?