Q: You are a biologist and you are tasked to do two things. First, describe the viral structure.…

A: A living item that is so tiny that has to be observed under a microscope is referred to as a…

Q: In the Baltimore Classification of Viruses, viruses with a genetic material in the form of RNA are…

A: The virologist and Nobel laureate David Baltimore established the Baltimore method of virus…

Q: Are viruses living or dead? Discuss this question by applying your knowledge of viruses and their…

A: Introduction :- A virus is an infectious microorganism made up of a nucleic acid segment (DNA or…

Q: As a general rule, viruses are not considered to be alive based on several reasons. One such reason…

A: Viruses are small, microscopic organisms that contain either RNA or DNA as their genetic material.…

Q: what is the genetic material of COVID-19 (the virus currently in pandemic)?…

A: COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…

Q: Diagram and compare the reproductive cycles of enveloped and non-enveloped animal viruses.  Cite a…

A: Examples:- Influenza virus, CoViD-19, Hepatitis B & C, Ebola Virus Life Cycle: -

Q: Summarize arguments on both sides of the debate regarding the classification of viruses as living…

A: Living beings exhibit certain features that are not present in nonliving things.

Q: Explain the classifi cation scheme used for viruses.

A: The process of placing viruses in a taxonomic system used for cellular organisms and naming them, is…

Q: Diseases due to viruses are plentiful. Name three diseases caused by viruses in humans. Which are…

A: The species-specific disease is those diseases that affect only a particular species such as HIV…

Q: Why would it be harder to transmit some viruses out of doors?

A: Viruses are microscopic parasites, generally much smaller than bacteria. They lack the capacity to…

Q: Discuss the properties of emerging viruses. What are the challengesassociated with combating them?

A: Viruses are infectious biological agents that are alive only when they are present inside the cell…

Q: What are two things that are true about all known viruses? Hint: one relates to the virus itself,…

A: virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an…

Q: Which of the following statements seemingly refute the fact that viruses are nonliving? A.They…

A: Viruses may or may not be alive, according to scientists. Generally, scientists employ a set of…

Q: Throughout history there are many different types of virus that have caused impacts both small and…

A: The impact of viruses and viral infections on human history is described by the social history of…

Q: Will it be possible to eradicate many viral diseases in the same way as smallpox? Why or why not?

A: To explain: Whether it is possible to eradicate many viral diseases in the same way as smallpox

Q: Discuss the basis of Baltimore Scheme for classifying viruses.

A: Viruses are microorganisms that can only replicate in the living cells of the host. It remains dead…

Q: What criteria would you use to classify a virus?

A: The virus can be defined as the type of microorganisms which consists of the genetic material and…

Q: 28. Class VI animal viruses include the retroviruses such as HIV. What type of enzyme does HIV…

A: The correct option is A) Reverse transcriptase. When the HIV has gained entry, the introduction of…

Q: You are arguing with one of your classmates. They say viruses are living, you say they are not. What…

A: Introduction: A virus is an infectious microorganism made up of a protein-coated segment of nucleic…

Q: Name of virus Herpes viruses RNA or DNA Double stranded (ds) or Single Stranded (ss) Linear or…

A: The first-generation herpesvirus, Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), has a linear double-stranded…

Q: Which of the following statements regarding retroviruses is FALSE? A)  a cellular enzyme converts…

A: Normally virus can have genetic material as either RNA or DNA. Retrovirus is a type of virus which…

Q: Put the viral taxonomy in hierarchical order from most broad to most specific. > Family Genus…

A: Viral taxonomy points to classifying and naming the viruses and placing them under proper…

Q: infection mechanism

A: Viruses are submicroscopic infection agents that lack the capacity to live outside a host body. They…

Q: how are modern viruses categorized and does that categorization differs from how cellular…

A: A virus is a microorganism that is smaller than a bacterium and is incapable of growing or…

Q: Trace the evolutionary origin of viruses according to current hypotheses and describe research…

A: A virus is an infectious agent that multiplies within the host body. A virus is made up of three…

Q: Give some example of animal viruses.

A: Viruses are microscopic agents that can replicate only inside host cells. They can infect all types…

Q: Match terms with descriptions based on the text above. You can use an answer more than once or not…

A: The terms prevalence and incidence are used to characterize the magnitude of a condition in a…

Q: In tabular format, list all the Baltimore scheme of classifying viruses, then compare and contrast

A: In 1970 , Nobel prize winner David Baltimore developed virus classification system. He classified…

Q: Why is it a strong evolutionary hypothesis that although viruses are the structurally simplest…

A: Viruses are the acellular entities that are considered as sub-microscopic infectious agents. They…

Q: Differenciate and explain the virus family and virus subfamily by their definition below and give…

A: Introduction  Viruses are tiny infectious agents that consist of genetic material (DNA or RNA)…

Q: Why are viruses not placed in any of the domains?

A: Virus is a small microscopic agent which is an infectious agent that can replicate only inside the…

Q: Eukaryotic viruses   a.) Can attach to LPS to promote viral entry   b.) Can replicate in the host…

A: Eukaryotic viruses --------- b. Can replicate in the host cell nucleus.…

Q: Which of the following statements regarding viral classification is FALSE? Question options:…

A: all these statements are true

Q: Some people feel that viruses are living organisms. Give an explanation as to why they cannot be…

A: Microorganisms are those organisms that cannot be seen through the naked eye. These organisms are…

Q: Where do I find references to support that viruses are living organisms

A: A virus is defined as a microscopic infectious agent. They can only divide inside the body of the…

Q: Many viruses have the ability to resurrect dead cells. Why investigating this feature of viruses may…

A: Viruses are referred as obligate intracellular parasites, they rely on the host cell for…

Q: According to your own understanding, what do you think makes viruses some of the most common disease…

A: Viruses are microscopic biological agents that attack living hosts and infect their bodies by…

Q: Arrange the following list into the correct sequence for part of the cycle of a retrovirus: 1. dsDNA…

A: Retro viruses are a special kind of viruses that have reverse flow of genetic information. That is…

Q: The classification of viruses are similar to the classification of organisms in the three domains of…

A: Viruses are microscopic pathogenic organisms which can only multiply inside a host cell and are…

Q: Lacking ribosomes, how can viruses be placed on the universaltree of life?

A: The viruses are the submicroscopic organisms that serve as the connecting link between the living…

Microbial Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of naming, classifying, and describing organisms. The taxonomy will include all the plants, microorganisms, and animals on this planet. Carl Linnaeus coined the taxonomy term. He is known as the father of taxonomy. Microbial taxonomy is a criterion of grouping microorganisms into groups based on their similarities and past relatedness. Microorganisms belonging to the same group are differentiated from the others via grouping into categories. This differentiation makes the study of microorganisms easy. There are different types of microbial taxonomies like Numerical and Molecular taxonomy. The study of microorganisms is known as microbiology. Microbiology is a broad term that takes into account microbial cultures, taxonomic studies, evolutionary relationships. Microbial interaction and diversity are huge data that needs to be compiled under the subject of microbiology. Microbiology covers various organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, animals, etc.