VIRUS VS. BACTERIA

Tuberculosis Anthrax

 Is this a VIRUS OR BACTERIA?  CAPSID & PRONGS – GENETIC MATERIAL ONLY – NO OTHER ORGANELLES?

 VIRUS – CAPSID OR PRONGS, NO ORGANELLES, ONE Nucleic Acid in Head  BACTERIA – CELL WALL, CELL MEMBRANE, RIBOSOMES, DNA/RNA

 IS A VIRUS BIGGER OR SMALLER THAN A BACTERIA?  (HINT: Which one has organelles?)

 VIRUS – MUCH SMALLER  BACTERIA - LARGER

VIRUS OR BACTERIA? THIS MUST HAVE A HOST TO REPLICATE!

 VIRUS – NEEDS A HOST  BACTERIA – CAN REPLICATE ON ITS OWN THROUGH ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

 VIRUS OR BACTERIA?  HAS DNA OR RNA BUT NEVER BOTH?

 VIRUS – DNA OR RNA, BUT NEEDS HOST CELL TO MAKE THE OTHER  BACTERIA – HAS DNA AND RNA

 VIRUS OR BACTERIA?  CAN GROW AND DIVIDE?

 VIRUS – DOES NOT GROW  BACTERIA – GROWS & DEVELOPS

 VIRUS - NO ENERGY USED  BACTERIA – USES ENERGY (AUTOTROPH/CHEMOTROPH)

 VIRUS – DOES NOT RESPOND  BACTERIA – RESPONDS TO ENVIRONMENT

VIRUS OR BACTERIA OR BOTH?

 VIRUS – YES! Mutates into different forms.  BACTERIA – YES! Can develop resistances & grow.

 VIRUS?  BACTERIA?

 HELP ME OUT!!!!  HOW do we STOP THEM????

VIRUS OR BACTERIA??? ANSWER: V IRUS

 VIRUS OR BACTERIA? ANSWER: B ACTERIA

 Use GOOGLE or another website to find out if each of the following diseases is a VIRUS or a BACTERIA! List these examples in your notes.  HIV  Cholera  Yeast Infection  LYME Disease  Influenza  Swine Flu  Gonorrhea  The Measles  Salmonella  Anthrax  HPV  Diarrhea  Ebola  Pneumonia  Mononucleosis  Syphilis  Herpes  Staph Infection  MRSA  E. Coli