Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Viruses are the small agents, made up of DNA or RNA and coated with protein coat. Viruses cause diseases. They do not have an outer membrane or capsid; it contains only nucelocapsid or inner membrane.
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Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
Ch. 13 - Why are naked icosahedral viruses able to...Ch. 13 - What characteristics of the genomes of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 3TMWCh. 13 - Prob. 4TMWCh. 13 - Prob. 5TMWCh. 13 - Why are viruses seemingly alive and yet not alive?Ch. 13 - Prob. 7TMWCh. 13 - Prob. 1EDCSCh. 13 - Prob. 1MCCh. 13 - Which of the following statements is true? a....
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