Chapter Objectives

At the end of this unit students will be able to
1. describe why a virus is not considered a living organism.
2. describe the basic structure of a virus.
3. describe lytic and lysogenic viral replication cycles.
4. list the basic structure and characteristics of Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.
5. list the distinguishing features of the main protistan phyla.
6. describe sexual an asexual reproduction methods in unicellular and multicellular protistans.
7. list the characteristics and transmission of several protistan diseases.
8. list the characteristics and transmission of several viral diseases.
9. list the characteristics and transmission of several bacterial diseases.
10. list seven differences between bacteria and eukaryotic cells.

Chapter Terms

Viruses and Bacteria	Protista
virus pathogen capsid envelope glycoprotein bacteriophage lytic provirus lysogenic prion viroid bacillus coccus spirillum capsule antibiotic endospore conjugation anaerobic aerobic toxin	Protozoan Alga Zygospore Alternation of generations Sporangium Amoeba Pseudopodium Diatom Euglenoid Plasmodium
	Fungi
	Chitin Hypha Mycelium Yeast Budding lichen