Virology Flashcards
Study of virus
Virology
Proposed the term “virus”
Louis Pasteur
Showed that a disease in tobacco was caused by a virus
Ivanovski and Beijerinck
Discovered an animal virus that causes foot and mouth disease in cattle
Loeffler and Frosch
T/F: Viruses can infect every type of cell
True
T/F: Viruses can exist independently from the host cell
False
Viruses are _____ _____ parasites
Obligate intracellular
T/F: Viruses can multiply outside a host cell
False
T/F: Viruses instruct its genetic and metabolic machinery to a host cell to make and release new viruses
True
T/F: Viruses are cells
False
Basic structure of a virus
Capsid surrounding nucleic acid core
T/F: The nucleic acid of a virus can be DNA, RNA, or both
False - the nucleic acid can be either DNA or RNA but not both
T/F: Viruses have high specificity for attachment to host cell
True
T/F: Viruses have enzymes for most metabolic processes
False - viruses lack enzymes for most metabolic processes
T/F: Viruses lack machinery for synthesizing proteins
True
T/F: Viruses are the smallest infectious agents
True
T/F: Viruses are so small that they cannot be seen with an electron micrsocope
False - viruses can be seen with an electron microscope
Negative staining shows what visual aspect of the virus?
Outline of the shape of the virus
Positive staining shows what visual aspect of the virus?
Internal details
Two components of viruses’ external coating
Capsid and envelope
A virus with no envelope
Naked virus
The capsid and the nucleic together are called the _____
Nucleocapsid
A fully formed virus that is able to establish an infection in a host cell
Virion
Protective outer shell of a virus
Viral capsid