Virus' Flashcards
1
Q
How they differ from living cells
A
- acellular
- No metabolism
- use host to make copies
- uncertain origin
- species/ tissue specific
2
Q
Inert;
A
viruses cannot survive w/o living cells
3
Q
most numerous organism
A
bacteria
4
Q
most numerous entity
A
viruses
5
Q
Largest animal group
A
arthropods/ crustaceans
6
Q
V. morphology
A
Nucleic acid (DNA/ RNA single strand)
- capsule
- varied shapes
7
Q
Bacteriophages
A
virus only infecting bacteria
- DNA genome
- space ship -like
- ex. E- Coi
8
Q
Antibiotic
A
isolated bacteriophages may be used instead of antibiotics which are abused widely
9
Q
HIV is a retrovius
A
reverse transcribe RNA genome back to DNA form
