Microbiology Questions
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viruses are being tested as treatments for genetic disorders and cancer using ________________.
Antibiotics work only against ______________________, not viruses.
When a virus enters a cell, it can be ___________________ for years before taking over the cell.
Scientists are researching new ways to treat and ___________________ viral diseases in humans, animals, and plants.
Viral diseases can be difficult to treat because viruses are constantly _________________.
Viruses cause many human _____________, such as chicken pox, influenza, HIV, and the common cold. Viruses can also affect other animals and _______________.
After a virus replicates in the host cell, it _________ the host cell. Copies of the virus are then released into the host organism, where they can __________ other cells.
After a virus attaches to the host cell, its DNA or _____ enters the host cell.
Scientists are studying the link between viruses and ________________.
When a virus infects a person, the body begins to make special proteins called ___________________.
As viruses change, they can produce new ways to ___________ to host cells.
The living cell that a virus infects is called a _________ cell.
As viruses replicate, their DNA or RNA frequently _________, or changes.
Viruses such as influenza cause symptoms soon after _________________. ________________ viruses such as HIV might not cause symptoms right away.
___________________ bacteria need oxygen, as humans do.
When bacteria become ______________ to an antibiotic, a different antibiotic must be used to fight the disease.
Some bacteria make people sick by damaging __________________.
Only the bacteria with the mutation survive; they ____________ and become more common.
Random ___________________ to a bacterium's DNA enable it to survive aspecific antibiotic.
_____________________________ are used to make foods such as pickles, yogurt, cheeses, buttermilk, vinegar, and soy sauce.