Microbiology: A Systems Approach

4th Edition

ISBN: 9780073402437

Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 6 Solutions

Microbiology: A Systems Approach

Ch. 6.1 - Describe the significance of viruses being...Ch. 6.2 - Summarize arguments on both sides of the debate...Ch. 6.2 - Identify effective terms to describe the behavior...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 4AYP Ch. 6.3 - Describe the function and structure(s) of viral...Ch. 6.3 - Distinguish between enveloped and naked viruses.Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 7AYP Ch. 6.3 - Compare and contrast the composition of a viral...Ch. 6.3 - Diagram the possible nucleic acid configurations...Ch. 6.4 - Develop two arguments against assigning species...

Ch. 6.4 - Demonstrate how family and genus names in viruses...Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 2CF Ch. 6.5 - Diagram the six-step life cycle of animal viruses.Ch. 6.5 - Define the term cytopathic effect and provide one...Ch. 6.5 - Provide examples of persistent and transforming...Ch. 6.5 - Provide a thorough description of lysogenic and...Ch. 6.6 - List the three principal purposes for cultivating...Ch. 6.6 - Describe three ways in which viruses are...Ch. 6.7 - Prob. 18AYP Ch. 6.8 - Analyze the relative importance of viruses in...Ch. 6.8 - Prob. 20AYP Ch. 6 - Prob. 1CF Ch. 6 - A virus is a tiny infectious a. cell. b. living...Ch. 6 - Viruses are known to infect a. plants. b....Ch. 6 - The nucleic acid of a virus is a. DNA only. b. RNA...Ch. 6 - The general steps in a viral multiplication cycle...Ch. 6 - Prob. 5MCQ Ch. 6 - In general, RNA viruses multiply in the cell ____,...Ch. 6 - Viruses cannot be cultivated in/on a. tissue...Ch. 6 - Clear patches in cell cultures that indicate sites...Ch. 6 - Label the parts of this virus. Identify the...Ch. 6 - Circle the viral infections from this list:...Ch. 6 - In lysogeny, viral DNA is inserted into the host...Ch. 6 - A viral capsid is composed of subunits called...Ch. 6 - The envelope of an animal virus is derived from...Ch. 6 - The nucleic acid of animal viruses enters the cell...Ch. 6 - Viruses that persist in the (host) cell and cause...Ch. 6 - Provide evidence in support of or refuting the...Ch. 6 - Summarize the unique properties of viruses and...Ch. 6 - Prob. 3CTQ Ch. 6 - Prob. 4CTQ Ch. 6 - Prob. 5CTQ Ch. 6 - Prob. 6CTQ Ch. 6 - Prob. 7CTQ Ch. 6 - Prob. 8CTQ Ch. 6 - Prob. 9CTQ Ch. 6 - Prob. 10CTQ Ch. 6 - Prob. 1CC Ch. 6 - Prob. 2CC Ch. 6 - Prob. 3CC Ch. 6 - Prob. 4CC Ch. 6 - Prob. 1VC Ch. 6 - Prob. 1CM

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