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Bacteria and Viruses

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Subject

Biology

Level

9th Grade

Created

11/05/2009

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Term

Bacteria

Definition

type of living microbe that does not have a nucleus

Term

Virus

Definition

non-living particle made up of genetic material and protein coat that must reproduce inside a living cell

Term

Pathogen

Definition

Infectious agent

Term

Lytic Cycle

Definition

process in which virus enters cells, makes a copy of itself and burst the cell... killing it!

Term

Lysogenic Cycle

Definition

process in which a virus embeds its DNA into the DNA of the host cell AND is then replicated with the host cell DNA