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: Explain  how viruses are constructed. How do they work? Can we fine virus fossils? ( How do we…

A: INTRODUCTION Virus Viruses are the smallest unicellular organisms that are obligate intracellular.…

Q: Viruses are not considered living entities, despite the fact that they evolve, have genetic…

A: Viruses are indeed unique entities that possess some characteristics of living organisms, such as…

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: List a few of the important disease-causing viruses

A: Viruses are small infectious agents which are considered to be non living as they cannot live…

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: Name any three viruses which have RNA as a genetic material?

A: RNA or ribonucleic acid is a polynucleotide comprised of ribose sugar, phosphate group and four…

Q: There are three hypotheses about the origin of viruses. Briefly describe each hypothesis.

A: Viruses are organisms that have infectious properties. They cannot be replicated on their own, hence…

Q: hical impacts of a CRISPR? What is the main parameter that is used to define new virus families…

A: The field of molecular biology and genetic involves the study of  genome which includes  all the…

Q: Give a brief account of viruses with respect to their structure and nature of genetic materials?

A: Viruses are submicroscopic, acellular, infectious particles that can infect an organism by attaching…

Q: Give a short, concise discussion of lysogeny in viruses.

A: Introduction : A virus is made up of a core of genetic material, either DNA or RNA, that is…

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: All viruses contain nucleic acid and a capsid. True or false?

A: Complex chemical molecules called nucleic acids are responsible for storing and transmitting genetic…

Q: What component is common for all viruses? a) Ribosome b) DNA c) RNA d) A protein coat e) A…

A: Virus An infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is…

Q: Why do most viruses that infect bacteria have tails, whereas most viruses that infect animals and…

A: Virus are tiny disease causing particles that are even smaller than the bacteria . They possess dual…

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: 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: What is an emerging virus? Give two examples. Propose an experiment to explain how an emerging virus…

A: Viruses are the sub-microscopic pathogens that behave as a pathogen only when it is inside some host…

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: RNA viruses mutate and evolve faster than other viruses. Why?

A: Viruses are infectious parasite that needs host machinery to replicate. Viruses can be either RNA or…

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: why are viruses an exception to the classification system?

A: BASIC INFORMATION  VIRUS  They are obligate parasites. They are very small in size that is about…

Q: Which type of virus would not need a viral enzyme for transcription? retrovirus |ds RNA ss (+) sense…

A: Microorganisms are the ones which can be seen only under a microscope. Mostly they are unicellular…

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: Distinguish between a capsid and a capsomere. What is acommon symmetry for spherical viruses?

A: Viruses are a nucleoprotein entity which is able to utilize the synthetic machinery of a living cell…

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: In retroviruses, transcription of the provirus: A) converts viral RNA into viral DNA B) does not…

A: Retroviruses possess RNA as genetic material. When it enters host cells, it's RNA gets converted…

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

A: all these statements are true

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.