Viruses Flashcards
viruses are cellular or acellular
acellular
What do viruses contain
nucleic acids
What are the fancy 3 letter word for viruses
obligate intracellular parasites
why are they called obligate intracellular parsites?
because they require a host cell to replicate
two states of virus’s existence
Extracellular and Intracellular
Extracellular
a virus particle that has no metabolism and can be crystallized
Intracellular
can take over host cell and only replicate themselves
size of viruses
avrage 20 -1000nm
how are viruses messured?
nanometers
how many times microscope zoom for viruses
7000x
what type of microscopes do they use?
electron microscope
4 kinds of virus shapes
Helical, polyhedral and enveloped and bacteriphage
Helical
capsid is arranged in a helical pattern
Polyhedral
most commonly in a icosahedron (20 equilateral triangles)
Enveloped
some surrounded by lipids proteins and carbohydrates
capsid is arranged in a helical pattern
helical
most commonly a icosahedron
Polyhedral
some surrounded by lipids, proteins and carbohydrates
enveloped
virus particle has no metabolism can be crystalized
extracellular
can take over host cell and only replicate themselves
intracellular
shape helical
sprials; microscope; lines
polyhedral viruses
dnd dice; microscope; 6 sided with lines at each corner
enveloped
covid
dots on helical outside
protein subunits
inside helical virus
RNA
dots of polyhedral virus outside
capsomere
inside of polyhedral virus
nucleic acid
shell of a polyhedral virus
capsid
virulent viruses
*Makes you sick right away!
* Undergo a lytic cycle
* Cause death/damage to host cell
* Examples include: Flu, Colds, Mumps
*Makes you sick right away!
* Undergo a lytic cycle
* Cause death/damage to host cell
* Examples include: Flu, Colds, Mumps
virulent viruses
temperate viruses
- Undergo a lysogenic cycle
- Herpes, HIV
- Undergo a lysogenic cycle
- Herpes, HIV
temperate viruses