Virus or Bacteria?
Depends on a host for survival
What is a virus
Name the three main shapes of bacteria
Coccus, Bacillus, Spiral
The virus eats bacteria
what is bacteriophage?
Define pathogen
What is a disease causing agent?
Name and define a step in the Lytic reproduction cycle
Attach - virus attaches to the host cell
Inject (Penetration) - injects DNA into host cell
Biosynthesis/Assembly - cells builds new viruses
Release: Cell bursts and releases new viruses into body.
Alive, unicellular
What is bacteria?
Define the difference between Gram + and Gram -
Gram + = thick cell wall
Gram - = thin cell wall
The second step of viral reproduction
What is penetration or inject?
Definition: unicellular organism
What is a prokaryote?
What do bacteria on our skin do for us?
Help prevent infections!
I have a capsid
What is a virus?
How does genetic variation happen in bacterial reproduction?
What is mutation, conjugation or transformation?
Viruses are _______ in the lysogenic cycle (they lie and wait to make you sick)
What is dormant?
outer layer of a bacteria
What is capsule?
What is MRSA an example of?
Antibiotic resistant bacteria
I can be gram + or gram -
what is bacteria?
Flagella and pilli are used for _____
movement (of the cells)
An example of a lysogenic virus
What is chicken pox or mono?
bacterial reproduction (pop!)
What is binary fission?
What % of bacteria are actually pathogenic?
What is 1%?
Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus
What is bacteria? (good bacteria!)
This part of the bacteria is responsible for antibiotic resistance.
What is Plasmid?
An example of how viruses are being researched for good!
Viral reproduction - sick once
What is the Lytic Cycle?
Name 4 ways bacteria are used for good!
Yogurt
Bread
Pickles
Fight infections
Decomposition
Nitrogen fixers in soil
Help Digestion