It's the little things
Micro-Cultures
Most Viral
The pieces inside me
It's contagious
100
Along with Archaea, these are the only organisms that are characterized as prokayotes
What are Bacteria?
100
any of a group of microscopic single-celled organisms that live in enormous numbers in almost every environment on Earth
What is a Bacteria?
100
This is a virus that attacks a bacterium
What is a bacteriophage?
100
Bacteria cells have this that we as humans don't.
What is a Cell Wall? (Bonus Point)
100
The name for bacteria that reproduce and require oxygen is this
What is an obligate aerobe?
200
The difference between Bacteria and Viruses is this
What is being a living organism?
200
Bacteria are classified in 3 major shapes. Name 2 of the 3.
What is bacillus, spirillum, coccus?
200
Viruses are nonliving because they do not have several key functions of life. Name 2 of the 3
What is reproduction, metabolism, not cell?
200
Viruses do not have DNA. They have this instead.
What is Nucleic Acid?
200
Diseases can be transmitted in numerous ways. Give me 3
What is physical contact, exchange of fluids, penetration of skin, fluid intake, inhalation....
300
This is the poison created by some bacteria
What is toxin?
300
When tested with a Gram stain, Gram-positive bacteria are stained this color
What is Purple?
300
In this cycle, a virus integrates itself into the host cell's DNA
What is Lysogenic?
300
This outer layer of a virus is the only thing keeping its insides from spewing out
What is a capsid?
300
The shingles virus is usually obtained by means of this
What is having chickenpox?
400
The process of bacterial conversion of N2 gas into ammonia is given this title
What is Nitrogen Fixation?
400
If I were a Staphylococcus bacterium, what would I look like?
What is a cluster of grapes?
400
This virus uses revers transcriptase to cause their host cells to transcribe DNA from an RNA template.
What is a Retrovirus?
400
The asexual reproduction of bacteria is known as this
What is Binary Fission?
400
An African city was quarantined after this virus broke out in the mid 90's
What is ebola?
500
This bacterium is responsible for tooth decay
What is streptococcus?
500
The cytoplasm of a bacterium contains this
What is a single chromosome?
500
Scientists believe viruses came from this interesting source
What is the living cell?
500
Cancer can be caused if a virus carries this in its nucleic material
What is an oncogene?
500
This is the only reason that viruses are studied as a part of biology
What is they operate in a living cell?
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