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Micro Ch 5
Micro Ch 5
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
02/25/2016

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Term
Viruses
Definition
Unlike other organisms, _____ are not cellular
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DNA, RNA
Definition
A single virus particle could contain a genome consisting of either _____ or _____.
Term
Adsorption
Definition
First phase of lytic cycle
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Penetration
Definition
Second phase of lytic cycle
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Duplication of phase components (synthesis)
Definition
Third phase of lytic cycle
Term
Assembly of new virions
Definition
Fourth phase of lytic cycle
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Maturation
Definition
Fifth phase of lytic cycle
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Lysis of weakened cell and release of viruses
Definition
Sixth phase of lytic cycle
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synthesize their own proteins
Definition
Unlike cellular organisms, viruses are unable to _____.
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Capsid made of protein, nucleic acid
Definition
At minimum, all viruses are composed of _____ and _____
Term
Bacteriophage
Definition
Any virus that specifically infects bacteria is called a _____
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DNA, RNA
Definition
Reverse transcriptase is a preformed viral enzyme that synthesizes _____ from _____
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Budding
Definition
In which way do envelope viruses leave their host cell?
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Capsid, nucleic acid
Definition
What are the components of the nucleocapsid
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Engulfment/phagocytosis, fusion
Definition
What methods can a virus use to gain entry into an animal cell?
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Lysogenic conversion
Definition
When bacteriophages infect pathogenic bacteria resulting in a new pathogenic trait, it's called _____ _____.
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Lysis
Definition
Means rupture
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Viroid
Definition
An infectious agent that is completely composed of RNA
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Uncoating
Definition
The process that occurs when viruses lose their capsid during or after penetration into a host cell
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Retrovirus
Definition
A virus capable of converting their RNA genome to DNA
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Icosahedrons
Definition
A(n) _____ is a geometric viral form having 20 faces and 12 corners.
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Oncogenic virus
Definition
Refers to a virus that can lead to cancer
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Lysogeny
Definition
Integration of the viral genome into the host chromosome is referred to as _____
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Cytopathic effects
Definition
Synctia and inclusion bodies are two types of ________ _______ in virus-infected cells
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Reverse transcriptase
Definition
An enzyme capable of taking an RNA genome and generating a DNA copy
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Protein
Definition
Prions are composed entirely of _____.
Term
Glycoproteins
Definition
Most host cell receptors that viruses attach to are actually ________ that the cell uses in normal function
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Proteins
Definition
Which macromolecule composes capsomers?
Term
Host range
Definition
A term used to describe the different host cells which a virus can infect?
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Adsorption
Definition
_____ is the viral process of attaching to the host cell receptor for the virus.
Term
Ivanovski and Beijerinck
Definition
Showed that a disease in tobacco was caused by a virus
Term
Loeffler and Frosch
Definition
Discovered an animal virus causes foot-and-mouth disease in cattle
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Porcelain filters
Definition
Early researchers used _____ _____ to discover bacteria
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Spiral and icosahedral
Definition
The two types of viruses are....
Term
Enveloped viruses
Definition
_____ _____ take a bit of the cell membrane when they are released from the host cell
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Replicase
Definition
Enzyme that copies RNA
Term
tRNA
Definition
Retroviruses take ______ from the host cell
Term
Replicase
Definition
Enzyme that copies RNA
Term
Adsorption
Penetration
Uncoating
Synthesis
Assembly
Release
Definition
Phases of animal viral replication cycle
Term
8 hours in poliovirus to 36 hours in herpesvirus
Definition
Length of replication cycle varies from....
Term
Synthesis
Definition
Stage in viral replication cycle that requires reverse transcriptase
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Host range
Definition
The limited range of cells that a virus can infect.
Term
Tropisms
Definition
Specificities of viruses for certain tissues
Term
Cytopathic effects (CPEs)
Definition
Virus-induced damage to the cell that alters its microscopic appearance
Term
Provirus
Definition
A persistent infection in which a viral DNA is incorporated into the DNA of the host. Every time the cell copies, so doe the virus.
Term
Chronic latent state
Definition
Viruses go into a state of inactivation and later periodically emerge under the influence of various stimuli (herpes virus)
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Transformation
Definition
Effect on the cell caused by oncogenic viruses
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Oncoviruses
Definition
Viruses capable of initiating tumors
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