Viruses replicate by entering a cell and using the host cell's enzymes to produce more copies of itself. SARS-COV2 is a spherical virus that has been observed to be as small as 50 nm in diameter. If we approximate a human epithelial cell to be a cylinder with a 58 um height and 5 um diameter, what is the maximum number of SARS-COV2 viruses that could fit inside the cell?

Viruses replicate by entering a cell and using the host cell's enzymes to produce more copies of itself. SARS-COV2 is a spherical virus that has been observed to be as small as 50 nm in diameter. If we approximate a human epithelial cell to be a cylinder with a 58 um height and 5 um diameter, what is the maximum number of SARS-COV2 viruses that could fit inside the cell?

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter13: Early Life Forms And The Viruses

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