VISUAL SKILLS Compare the structures of tobaccomosaic virus (TMV) and influenza virus (see Figure 19.3).

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VISUAL SKILLS Compare the structures of tobacco
mosaic virus (TMV) and influenza virus (see Figure 19.3).

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Viruses are sub-microscopic infectious agents. Replication of viruses occurs only inside the living cells. They infect all types of organisms from plants and animals to microbes such as bacteria and archaea. They have either DNA or RNA as their genetic material. They also have an outer coating of protein.

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TMV (tobacco mosaic virus) is a species of virus in the genus Tobamovirus. It mainly infects different types of plants, specially tobacco and other plants of Solanaceae family. TMV is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus.

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