Virus/Classification

Question 1

Virus

Answer 1

an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.

Question 2

Pathogen

Answer 2

a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

Question 3

Capsid

Answer 3

another term for mirid.

Question 4

Glycoprotein

Answer 4

any of a class of proteins that have carbohydrate groups attached to the polypeptide chain. Also called glycopeptide.

Question 5

Bacteriophage

Answer 5

type of virus that infects bacteria. In fact, the word “bacteriophage” literally means “bacteria eater,” because bacteriophages destroy their host cells.

Question 6

Lytic Cycle

Answer 6

is one of the two cycles of viral reproduction

Question 7

Lysogenic Cycle

Answer 7

Lysogeny, or the lysogenic cycle, is one of two cycles of viral reproduction (the lytic cycle being the other).

Question 8

Vaccine

Answer 8

a substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute, treated to act as an antigen without inducing the disease.

Question 9

Antibiotic

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Any substance that inhibits the growth and replication of a bacterium or kills it outright can be called an antibiotic.

Question 10

Taxonomy

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the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.

Question 11

Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 11

the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet.

Question 12

Dichotomous Key

Answer 12

A dichotomous key is a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish.