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Microbial Invaders and Viral Agents
Moderate difficulty suitable for most players
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Across
  • 1. Observable traits influenced by bacteriophage genes
  • 2. Protein shell enclosing viral genetic material
  • 3. Degree of damage a phage can cause to bacterial host
  • 4. Organism that a virus infects and replicates within
  • 5. Phage appendage used for recognizing host cells
  • 10. Enzyme facilitating viral genome insertion into host DNA
  • 11. Genetic material commonly found in bacteriophages
  • 12. Structural part used by bacteriophages to attach
  • 16. Destruction of a bacterial cell by a virus
Down
  • 6. Gene transfer method mediated by bacteriophages
  • 7. Biological catalyst often produced by bacteriophages
  • 8. Virus that infects bacteria
  • 9. Process of viral entry and takeover of a bacterial cell
  • 13. Single-celled organisms targeted by phages
  • 14. Surface molecule a phage binds to on a bacterium
  • 15. Viral replication cycle where genetic material integrates silently

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