BIOL 4190 : Exam 1 Complete Study Guide
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Insects: put these viruses in chronological order: hiv, measles and smallpox, polio, spanish flu. Term to describe how majority needs to be vaccinated for the few to not get ill: describe the first variolation: Tmv could only reproduce in a host. Protein coat: s35: arrange these in size order descending: fungi, viruses, plant, bacteria, animal. Plant, animal, fungi, bacteria, viruses: characteristics of viruses: Rely on metabolic processes of the host. Don"t have their own protein synthesizing machines (rnapolymerase) Have compact genomes: what type of genomes can viruses have? ss/ds dna/rna, arguments that say viruses are non-living: Require a host cell for replication: arguments that say viruses are living: Adolph mayer: used tobacco mosaic disease and inoculated leaves; bacteria; couldn"t plate it. Ivanowsky: filters the tobacco mosaic disease through the chaberland filter and he; too small bact or it"s a toxin. Rely on the host metabolic processes: list the facts that argue against the notion that viruses are not living: