Chapter 13

The smallest virus is approximately 10 ______ in diameter.

nanometers

______phages cause productive infections that do not kill the host cell.

filamentous

A _______ is a single virus particle.

virion

Bacteriophages that can enter into a lytic cycle or a lysogenic cycle are called _______phages.

temperate

A complete viral particle, which typically consists of nucleic acid surrounded by a protein coat, is called a(n)

virion

Infection of bacteria by ___________phages always ends with the lysis of the host cell.

lytic

Match each possible outcome of phage replication with the correct definition.

Productive infection:New viral particles are produced Latent state: Viral genome remains silent within the cell

Human cells are larger than viruses by which size factor?

Thousand

What term is used to describe the transfer of genetic information from one bacterium to another bacterium by a bacteriophage?

transduction