GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - T.P. Pyrog - 2004

10. VIRUSES: DISTRIBUTION AND STRUCTURE

Review Questions for Chapter 10

1. How were Viruses discovered?

2. What characteristics distinguish viruses from microorganisms?

3. How can viruses be detected?

4. WHAT IS A virion? What is its composition?

5. What are bacterial viruses called? How can Bacteriophages be detected and isolated?

6. What is The Structure of the T2 coliphage?

7. What is the difference between virulent and temperate phages?

8. Describe the MAIN STAGES OF the lytic cycle.

9. What is Lysogeny? How do temperate phages develop?

10. What is the relationship between viruses and oncogenesis?

11. What features are characteristic of Retroviruses?

12. Characterize Viroids and Prions.

13. Based on what criteria are viruses classified?

14. Which families belong to the DNA- and RNA-genomic virus groups?



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