Chapter 13 Flashcards
Is the spectrum of host cells a virus can infect.
It’s determined by specific host attachment sites and cellular factors.
Most viruses infect only specific types of cells in one host
Host Range
Viruses that infect bacteria are called _________ or _______.
Bacteriophage or Phage
Complete, fully developed, infectious viral particles made of nucleic acid and protein coat.
Virion
is called the Capsid
Protein Coat
Made out of subunits called Capsomeres
Capsid
One or several types of proteins
Capsomeres
Some viruses have an envelope; it covers the capsid
Made of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates.
Envelope
Project from the surface of the envelope
Made out of carbohydrate- protein complexes
Used to attach to host cells
Used as means of identification of influenza virus in hemagglutination tests.
Spikes
Long rods; looks like a worm
Viral nucleic acid is in a hollow cylindrical capsid
Viruses that cause rabies and ebola
Helical Viruses
Many sided viruses
MOST COMMON is the shape of icosahedron
(20 triangular faces and 12 corners)
Adenovirus and Poliovirus
Polyhedral Viruses
Roughly spherical
Can be enveloped helical (influenza virus)
Or could be enveloped polyhedral (herpes simplex virus)
Enveloped Viruses
Infect and attack other bacteria
Bacterial viruses with complex structures
Bacteriophage; tail sheath, tail fibers, plate, and pin
Smallpox Virus
Complex Viruses
Viruses can not live outside of a living cell
Viral Taxonomy
Family names end in
“viridae”
Genus names end in
“virus”