Viruses- Gurr

Question 1

viral diseases which are caused by single stranded RNA

Answer 1

Foot and mouth, HIV, Swine flu, TMV

Question 2

viral diseases caused by double stranded RNA

Answer 2

blue tongue

Question 3

viral diseases caused by single stranded DNA

Answer 3

herpes and chickenpox

Question 4

viral diseases caused by double stranded DNA

Answer 4

gemini virus

Question 5

foot and mouth disease

Answer 5

SS_RNA

• ulcers–> making milk less valuable. Doesn’t cause death.
• caused by an Aphthovirus

Question 6

which virus caused foot and mouth disease

Answer 6

Aphthovirus

Question 7

blue tongue disease

Answer 7

DS-RNA.

• mouth obsesses
• swollen tongue and muscle fatigue

Question 8

avian flu

Answer 8

SS-RNA

-only a few deaths, high scare mongering

Question 9

swine flue

Answer 9

122 deaths in UK, doctors worried it would turn into an epidemic

Question 10

Tobacco mosaic virus

Answer 10

SS-RNA

• plants
• oncogenic trigger

Question 11

mycoplasms

Answer 11

Mycoplasma is a genus of bacteria that lack a cell wall around their cell membrane. Without a cell wall, they are unaffected by many common antibiotics such as penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics that target cell wall synthesis.

Question 12

size of mycoplasms

Answer 12

0.1um

Question 13

how many genes does a mycoplasma have

Answer 13

650

Question 14

mycoplasms structures

Answer 14

lack an enveloped nucleus. Gram _ve bacteria which have lost their cell wall.

Question 15

mycoplasms cause disease to

Answer 15

plants and animlas

Question 16

diseases mycoplasms cause

Answer 16

peach yellow and elm phloem necrosis

Question 17

mycoplasm pneumoniae

Answer 17

severe coughing, conjunctivitis- death

Question 18

mycoplasms can look like

Answer 18

spirals or fried eggs

Question 19

what is the outside of the mycoplasm made of

Answer 19

lipoproteins

Question 20

there are …. kingdoms and … domains

Answer 20

5 kingdoms and 3 domains

Question 21

example of protists

Answer 21

algae, protozoa, slime moulds, water moulds/oomycetes

Question 22

slime moulds are distinguishable because of their

Answer 22

bight colour- red, orange or yellow

Question 23

slime moulds like mycoplasms do not have a

Answer 23

cell wall

Question 24

slime moulds are either

Answer 24

cellular or acellular

Question 25

wall-less slime moulds

Answer 25

physarum

Question 26

wall type slime moulds

Answer 26

dictyostelium–> having features which make them look like fungi

Question 27

major disease of slime moulds

Answer 27

Plasmodiophora clubroot- major disease- problems with oil seed rape and brussel sprouts and cabbages
–> causes overgrowth of clubroot

Question 28

what look very similar to fungi

Answer 28

Oomycota

Question 29

water moulds are also known as

Answer 29

Oomycota

Question 30

what disease do Oomycota/water moulds cause

Answer 30

late bought of potatoes called Phytophthora- lose 22% of harvest every year
- can cause damping odd