Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780078021046
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Jennifer Bunn
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 3AYP
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The size of viruses relative to other microorganisms.
Concept introduction:
Viruses are acellular entities that are considered as small infectious agents. Viruses are known to infect all the life forms present on earth, from microbes to plants and animals.
Viruses are found in crystalline form or dead outside a living host and alive within a living host.
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Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach - Standalone book
Ch. 5.1 - Explain what it means when viruses are described...Ch. 5.1 - Which statements are accurate regarding properties...Ch. 5.1 - Identify better terms for viruses than alive or...Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 3AYPCh. 5.2 - Describe the function and structure(s) of viral...Ch. 5.2 - Distinguish between enveloped and naked viruses.Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 6AYPCh. 5.2 - Diagram the possible nucleic acid configurations...Ch. 5.3 - Discuss both persistent and transforming...Ch. 5.3 - Provide thorough descriptions of both lysogenic...
Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 2NPCh. 5.3 - Prob. 3NPCh. 5.3 - Diagram the five-step life cycle of animal...Ch. 5.3 - Define the term cytopathic effect and provide one...Ch. 5.4 - List the three principal purposes of cultivating...Ch. 5.4 - Describe three ways in which viruses are...Ch. 5.4 - Prob. 4NPCh. 5.5 - Prob. 14AYPCh. 5.5 - Prob. 5NPCh. 5.6 - Analyze the relative importance of viruses in...Ch. 5.6 - Discuss the primary reason that antiviral drugs...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1CTCh. 5 - When phage nucleic acid is incorporated into the...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1VCCh. 5 - Prob. 2CTCh. 5 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 3CTCh. 5 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 4CTCh. 5 - The general steps in a viral multiplication cycle...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5CTCh. 5 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 8MCQ
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