unit 5 Flashcards
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Viruses
- require living host
- discovered by iwanowski
- do not respond to antibiotics
Are viruses sensitive to interferons
yes
Do viruses possess both DNA and RNA
No; only either one
Do viruses generate ATP like bacteria?
No
Do viruses have ribosomes, plasma membrane, go through binary fission?
No
Do viruses pass through bacteriologial filters
yes
Why can viruses not make their ATP/ protein synthesis
because they lack the enzymes to do, they rely on host
requirements for viruses
- contains DNA or RNA never both
- protein coat that surrounds nucleic acid ( can be envelope)
- has structures that allow it to transfer viral nucleic acid -> host
- uses host cell machinery to multiply
- has few to no enzymes of their own
Host range
determined by host cell attachment sites
- specific to host species
Mycophages
consist of plants, animals, fungi
Bacteriophages
consists of protozoa and bacteria
What microscope is needed to see viruses
electron (EM) microscope
What are bacteriophages
viruses that kill bacteria
What are viral structures for viruses?
- envelope
- capsid
- spikes
-nucleic acid
Outer coat (capsid)
-made of proteins
- capsomeres are the units
- protects nucleic acid of virus from enzymes
What is the effect of enzymes on the nucleic acid?
can degrade/ denature nucleic acids
Nucleic acid (innercore)
- bacteriophages
- Animal viruses = dsDNA ssDNA ssRNA dsRNA
Some viruses have what strucutres?
envelopes and spikes
Envelope
- made of proteins, lipids, carbohydrates
- surrounds capsid
What does a naked virus lack
lacks envelope
What kind of DNA or RNA do animals viruses have
can either be single or double stranded RNA or DNA
What kind of DNA do bacteria have
ONLY double stranded DNA
Spikes
- made of carbohydrate protein
- attachement to envelope
- helps virus attach to host
- sometimes used to ID viruses
Eveloped helical virus
has envelope/ nucleic acid is long rod that is flexible/ rigid