Introduction of Virology What is virus BMLT DMLT NOTES
What is Virus BMLT Introduction of Virus Viruses are microbes that cannot be seen by wearing naked eyes. The study of viruses is called virology. A single virus is called a virion Virus is the smallest, obligate, intracellular infective agent Two types of nucleic acids are found in virus. Viruses multiply by complex presses not by binary fission. Viruses do not do any metabolic activity outside the living cell. Viruses grow only on living cells, do not grow on artificial media No particular cell wall and cellular enzymes are found in the virus. Size of Virus Its size is 10um- 300um Virus particles are called viruses. The largest virus is the small pox virus, whose size is 300 cm. The smallest virus is Parvo virus, whose size is 10-17um. Structure:- Each cell contains nucleic acid which is coated by a protein called capsid. When nucleic acid is enclosed with capsid it is called nucleocapsid. The capsid is made up of a large number of protein subunits called capsomeres. Some viruses...