This cycle involves a virus taking over host cells and a dormant phase
Illnesses that can pass from one organism to another
What are infectious diseases
The part of a virus determines which host cells it can infect
What is outer coat of virus (envelope)
Name 2 structures of a virus
What are protein coat and genetic material
Viruses are considered nonliving because they lack this important structure
What is a cell
The study of very small things (like bacteria and viruses)
What is microbiology
Bacteria and legume plants have a symbiotic relationship to recycle soil nutrients through this cycle
What is nitrogen cycle
What is DNA or RNA
it is dangerous to self medicate and use the same antibiotic each time you are sick. The term used to describe when a bacteria "gets used to" an antibiotic is
What is bacterial resistance
The way bacteria reproduce asexually
What is binary fission?
One bacterium transfers some of its genetic material into another bacterial cell through a thin, threadlike bridge that joins the two cells
What is conjugation
This is required for a virus to reproduce
Host cells
Viruses obtain energy through this process
What is viruses cannot obtain and use energy
This organism is heterotrophic
What is bacteria