Morphology and physiology of viruses
Viral taxonomy
Taxonomy of plant viruses
Frost & Sullivan Enabling Genomics Research Analyst Briefing
Eukaryotic Viruses Taxonomy characters: nucleic acid type; enveloped or naked; capsid shape; assembly site in host (nucleus or cytoplasm)
1 Viruses: intimate parasites Are viruses alive? –Not made of cells, in violation of Cell Theory –Do not grow (but self assemble) –Do not metabolize (but.
C hair of Medical Biology, M icrobiology, V irology, and I mmunology
VIRUS. A little bit of history 10 th century: Muhammad ibn Zakarīya Rāzi (Rhazes) wrote the Treatise on Smallpox and Measles 1020’s: Avicenna described.
Viruses Viral Structure Growing (Cultivating) Bacteriophage Life Cycles Obligate Intracellular Parasites: Require living host cell in order to replicate.
Viruses
Viruses Viral Structure Growing (Cultivating) Prokaryote Types Eukaryote Types Obligate Intracellular Parasites: Require living host cell in order to replicate.
Chair of Medical Biology, Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology STRUCTURE, CLASSIFICATION AND PHYSIOLOGY OF VIRUSES.
