Bacteria and Viruses

Front

What is the process by which bacteria reproduce asexually?

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Binary Fission

Front

What are the two main kingdoms of bacteria?

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Bacteria and Archaebacteria

Front

What are rod-shaped bacteria called?

Back

Bacillus

Front

What type of bacteria use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into energy?

Back

Phototrophic autotroph

Front

What is the term for the cycle in which a virus can remain dormant within a host cell?

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Lysogenic cycle

Front

What is the cycle called when a virus actively replicates and causes cell lysis?

Back

Lytic cycle

Front

What is the term for bacteria that obtain energy from organic compounds?

Back

Chemoheterotrophs

Front

What is the term for the process by which bacteria can exchange genetic material?

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Conjugation

Front

What are the environmental factors that can trigger a virus to switch from the lytic cycle to the lysogenic cycle?

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Illness, stress, UV radiation, and dietary changes.

Front

What is the shape of spiral-shaped bacteria called?

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Spirilla