Ch. 17 Viruses

Question 1

The protein shell enclosing the viral genome

Answer 1

Capsid

Question 2

Individual protein subunits making up the capsid

Answer 2

Capsomeres

Question 3

An infectious particle consisting of Nucleic acid enclosed in a protein coat and surrounded by a membranous envelope

Answer 3

Viruses

Question 4

Derived from the membranes if the host cell and contains host cell phospholipids and membrane proteins

Answer 4

Viral envelopes

Question 5

Viruses that infect bacteria

Answer 5

Bacteriophages; phages

Question 6

Viruses ONLY replicate in…

Answer 6

Host cells

Question 7

number of host species

Answer 7

Host range

Question 8

A phage replicative cycle that culminates in death of the host cell

Answer 8

Lyric cycle

Question 9

A phage that replicates only by lytic cycle

Answer 9

Virulent phage

Question 10

Restricts the ability of the phage to infect the bacterium

Answer 10

Restriction enzymes

Question 11

Cycle that allows replication of phage genome without destroying the host

Answer 11

Lysogenic cycle

Question 12

Phages capable of using both modes of replication within a bacterium

Answer 12

Temperate phages

Question 13

When a phage is integrated into a bacterial chromosome through lysogenic cycle

Answer 13

Prophage