Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 6.3, Problem 5RIA
Consider the origin of viral envelopes and suggest why enveloped viruses that infect plants and bacteria are rare.
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 6.2 - MICRO INQUIRY Which capsids are icosahedral? Which...Ch. 6.2 - MICRO INQUIRY Are the capsomers at the vertices of...Ch. 6.2 - MICRO INQUIRY Why is T4 said to have binal...Ch. 6.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply 1. How are viruses similar...Ch. 6.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply 2. What is the difference...Ch. 6.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply 3. Compare the structure of...Ch. 6.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply 4. What is an envelope?...Ch. 6.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply 5. All four nucleic acid...Ch. 6.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply 6. The RNA genomes of some...Ch. 6.3 - MICRO INQUIRY Which of these mechanisms involves...
Ch. 6.3 - MICRO INQUIRY Why do the empty capsids remain...Ch. 6.3 - Explain why the receptors that viruses have...Ch. 6.3 - What probably plays the most important role in...Ch. 6.3 - How do you think the complexity of the viral...Ch. 6.3 - In general, DNA viruses can be much more dependent...Ch. 6.3 - Consider the origin of viral envelopes and suggest...Ch. 6.3 - Why are the proteins involved in virion assembly...Ch. 6.4 - Why is a lysogen considered a new or different...Ch. 6.4 - Define the terms lysogeny, temperate phage,...Ch. 6.4 - What advantages might a phage gain by being...Ch. 6.4 - Describe lysogenic conversion and its...Ch. 6.4 - How does a latent infection differ from a chronic...Ch. 6.4 - What is a cytocidal infection? What is a...Ch. 6.4 - Define the following terms: tumor, neoplasia,...Ch. 6.4 - Distinguish the mechanism by which dsDNA viruses...Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 1MICh. 6.5 - Prob. 1RIACh. 6.5 - Given that viruses must be cultivated to make...Ch. 6.7 - What are viroids and why are they of great...Ch. 6.7 - How does a viroid differ from a virus? From a...Ch. 6.7 - What is a prion? In what way does a prion differ...Ch. 6.7 - Prob. 4RIACh. 6 - Many classification schemes are used to identify...Ch. 6 - The origin and evolution of viruses is...Ch. 6 - Consider the separate stages of an animal virus...Ch. 6 - Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a...Ch. 6 - Syn5 is a virus that infects photosynthetic...
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