BIOL 1202 : Bio 1202 Test 2 Notes
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Microbes- 2 main forms: some considered living organisms, others not exactly living, found in archaea, bacteria, and eukarya(used to be considered. Protists: general term for something that cannot be seem with the naked eye. Dna or rna: capsid= protein coat which is encoded for that genome which surrounds and protects the genome, envelope= membrane(phospholipid bilayer) which surrounds the capsid. All viruses need to hijack living cells. They cannot replicate and produce new viruses on their own. Usually(but not always) highly specific for organism it infects ex. Influenza is not specific, can travel among different species. Dsdna-varicella zoster virus (chickenpox or shingles)-double stranded dna virus in bacterial cell, virus must find host, inject itself into host, takes over host to make new viruses, new viruses exit host. Hand washing statistics: people don"t wash hands: some statistics illustrating that people don"t wash their hands. Most cells in body come from bone marrow all.
