Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Virus~~

Assalamualaikum and Good Morning Dr. Wan! J

The third topic of Microbial Systematic is Virus.

So, the general morphology of viruses are :
ü  Helical viruses
ü  Polyhedral viruses
ü  Enveloped viruses
ü  Complex viruses

The taxonomy of virus is grouping based on :
ü  Nucleic acid type
ü  Strategy of replication
ü  Morphology

The characteristic of virus are :
ü  Nucleic acid
ü  Capsid and envelope
ü  Tail and type of disease
ü  Host range determined by : 
§  Attachment site on host
§  Availability in potential host the factors for viral replication

Step to classify and identify virus :
ü  Determine the host range


Till we meet again, BYE! J

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