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capsid
a protein coat surrounding the nucleic material of a virus
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acellular
non-cellular
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obligate parasite
obligate = forced; a parasitic organism that cannot complete its life-cycle without exploiting a suitable host (if an obligateparasite cannot obtain a host it will fail to reproduce)
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pathogenic
an organism that causes disease
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bacteriophage
a type of virus that infects bacteria; the word "phage" means to eat”
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nucleoid
an irregularly shaped region within the cell of a prokaryote that contains all or most of the genetic materia
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host
an organism that harbours a parasite
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