UNIT 1 (CHAPTERS 1-6) OPENSTAX
MICROBIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Taxonomyk-kans-
iskthekclassification,kdescription,kidentificationkandknamingkofklivingkorganisms.
microorganismskorkmicrobeskarek-kans-veryksmallkorganisms
Virusesk-kans-
arekgenerallykultramicroscopic,ktypicallykfromk20knmktok900knmkinklength.kSomek
largekviruseskhavekbeenkfound.
Virionsk-kans-
arekacellularkandkconsistkofknucleickacid,kDNAkorkRNA,kbutknotkboth,ksurrounde
dkbykakproteinkcapsid.kTherekmaykalsokbekakphospholipidkmembraneksurroundin
gkthekcapsid.
Viruseskarek-kans-obligatekintracellularkparasites.
Viruseskarekknownk-kans-
tokinfectkvariousktypeskofkcellskinkplants,kanimals,kfungi,kprotists,kbacteriakandkar
chaea.
Hostktypeskforkvirusesk-kans-arektypicallyklimitedkandkinfectkspecifickcellktypes.
Cellkshapeskofkviruseskmaykbek-kans-helical,kpolyhedralkorkcomplex.
Classificationkofkviruseskiskbasedkonk-kans-
morphology,ktypekofknucleickacid,khostkrange,kcellkspecificitykandkenzymeskcarrie
dkwithinkthekvirion.
Likekotherkdiseasesk-kans-viralkdiseaseskarekclassifiedkusingkICDkcodes.
Thekstageskthatkviruseskfollowktokinfectkcellskarek-kans-
attachment,kpenetration,kuncoating,kbiosynthesis,kmaturationkandkrelease
MICROBIOLOGY QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Taxonomyk-kans-
iskthekclassification,kdescription,kidentificationkandknamingkofklivingkorganisms.
microorganismskorkmicrobeskarek-kans-veryksmallkorganisms
Virusesk-kans-
arekgenerallykultramicroscopic,ktypicallykfromk20knmktok900knmkinklength.kSomek
largekviruseskhavekbeenkfound.
Virionsk-kans-
arekacellularkandkconsistkofknucleickacid,kDNAkorkRNA,kbutknotkboth,ksurrounde
dkbykakproteinkcapsid.kTherekmaykalsokbekakphospholipidkmembraneksurroundin
gkthekcapsid.
Viruseskarek-kans-obligatekintracellularkparasites.
Viruseskarekknownk-kans-
tokinfectkvariousktypeskofkcellskinkplants,kanimals,kfungi,kprotists,kbacteriakandkar
chaea.
Hostktypeskforkvirusesk-kans-arektypicallyklimitedkandkinfectkspecifickcellktypes.
Cellkshapeskofkviruseskmaykbek-kans-helical,kpolyhedralkorkcomplex.
Classificationkofkviruseskiskbasedkonk-kans-
morphology,ktypekofknucleickacid,khostkrange,kcellkspecificitykandkenzymeskcarrie
dkwithinkthekvirion.
Likekotherkdiseasesk-kans-viralkdiseaseskarekclassifiedkusingkICDkcodes.
Thekstageskthatkviruseskfollowktokinfectkcellskarek-kans-
attachment,kpenetration,kuncoating,kbiosynthesis,kmaturationkandkrelease