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4.7 Viruses : The Enemy Within
By: Steffany Copeland
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Viruses are life mimicking particles
Latin word for poison Viruses are nonliving Viruses cannot reproduce by themselves Viral genomes can be single or double stranded Viruses range from .027mm-0.03mm Obligate intracellular parasites The entire infectious virus particle as a whole- virion
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Viruses hosts Bacteria Animals Humans Plants Fungus Insects
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Viral Structure Nucleic acid Protein coat or capsid Envelope Tail
Tail fibers End plate
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Lytic viral growth cycle of Bacteriophage
Adsorption Penetration Replication Assembly Release
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Lytic replication cycle of rabies virus, an enveloped virus with a single-stranded RNA genome
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Virions of enveloped viruses are released by budding from an infected virus
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Rabies virus can be deadly
Rabies virus travels slowly to the CNS where it replicates and then travels to the salivary glands where it replicates again There are 2 types of rabies: Furious Rabies and Dumb Rabies
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The End ? Questions ?
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