Biology and Virology Terms

Bacteriophage

• A virus that infects bacteria

• A type of bacteria

• A virus that infects plants

• A type of antibiotic

Locomotion

• The ability to move from place to place

• The process of breathing

• The act of sleeping

• The state of being still

Vector

• An organism that helps transmit infection from one host to another

• A type of mathematical quantity with direction and magnitude

• A device used to measure the speed of an object

• A graphical representation of data

Capsid

• Protein coat surrounding a virus

• Outer membrane of a bacterium

• Genetic material of a virus

• Enzyme that helps in viral replication

Metabolism

• The process of photosynthesis in plants.

• The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.

• The breakdown of food into energy.

• The process of cellular respiration in animals.

Infection

• Contamination or invasion of body tissue by pathogenic organisms

• A process of healing wounds

• The body's response to injury

• A type of allergic reaction

Deficiency

• Excess

• Shortage or lack

• Surplus

• Abundance

Prokaryote

• A unicellular organism that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles

• A multicellular organism with a defined nucleus

• An organism that has membrane-bound organelles

• A type of virus that infects bacteria

Retrovirus

• Virus that contains DNA as its genetic information

• Virus that contains RNA as its genetic information

• Virus that can only infect bacteria

• Virus that is used in gene therapy

genome

• The complete set of genes or genetic material in a cell or organism

• A type of protein that helps in DNA replication

• The process of cell division

• A sequence of amino acids in a protein