Match the following items to the correct phrase.

_______1. Viruses that infect bacteria and cause the lytic cycle to occur.
_______2. Term meaning complete viral particles.
_______3. Are known to cause some plant diseases, but no animal diseases.
_______4. Infectious protein molecules.
_______5. Infectious molecules of RNA.
_______6. Cause diseases such as Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, “mad cow disease,” and “scrapie.”

a. viroids
b. virions
c. prions
d. temperate phages
e. virulent phages


1. e. virulent phages
2. b. virions
3. a. viroids
4. c. prions
5. a. viroids
6. c. prions

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