Isolation, Cultivation, and Identification of Viruses Flashcards
1
Q
plaques
A
a clearing in a bacterial lawn as the result of lysis of bacteriophages
2
Q
how is the concentration of viral particles in a suspension measured
A
by PFUs (Plaque Forming Units)
3
Q
what are the three ways you can grow animal viruses in a labratory?
A
In living animals, in embryonated eggs, in cell cultures
4
Q
Primary cell line
A
human tissue cells that only grow a few generations in vitro.
5
Q
Diploid cell line
A
developed in human embryos and can be maintained over 100 generations
6
Q
continuous cell lines
A
viruses grown in a labratory
