What are viruses?
nucleic acid with a protein shell and a lipid-containing membrane
Where do viruses replicate
only in living host cells
What do other microorganisms have that VIRUSES DO NOT (3)
What do you call viruses that infect and replicate in only bacterial cells
bacteriophages
How do viruses create more viral molecules, nucleic acid, and proteins?
by infecting and using the metabolic machines of other bacteria
What do you call a virus @ an extracellular state?
virion (cant reproduce and is inactive)
PARTS of a virion
IF NAKED VIRUSES:
IF ENVELOPED VIRUSES:
3. Envelope (phospholipid membrane)
Where do enveloped viruses get their envelope
from the host cell
What happens upon a virion entering a host cell?
Capsid and envelope disintegrates -> virus becomes active and exists solely as nucleic acid
What are capsomeres? (definition + arrangement)
3 viral symmetries
HELICAL SYMMETRY
ICOSAHEDRAL SYMMETRY
20 triangle faces + 12 vertices
COMPLEX SYMMETRY
NUCLEIC ACID in VIRUSES
6 functions of PROTEINS in viruses
Where can lipids be found in viruses
In envelopes from the host cells
4 characteristics of carbohydrates
3 WAYS to cultivate viruses
a scientific process that involves cultivating eggs to isolate and identify viruses, and produce vaccines
Embryonated eggs
Main process of EMBRYONATED EGGS(1) and results (3)
Inoculated/Inject with animal virus
VIRAL GROWTH:
- death of embryo
- cell damage of embryo
- formation of lesions
2 processes in cultivating viruses in living animals
3 phases in cultivating viruses in cell cultures
3 ways to detect virus infected cells