| A | B |
| Phylum | a group that constitutes or has unity of a phylum. |
| Kingdom | highest and most encompassing group. |
| Bacteriophage | a virus that infects bacteria. |
| Capsid | coating of a protein that enclosed the nucleic acid core of a virus. |
| Lytic cycle | a phase of the virus lite cycle during which the virus replicates within the host cell. |
| Lysogenic cycle | phase of virus cycle which the virus integrates within the host chromosome of the infected cell. |
| Prokaryote | a cell lacking nuclei. |
| Eukaryote | a cell with a nuclei. |