Openstax Microbiology - Chapter 6 Acellular Pathogens Latest Update 2025 Fully Solved
acellular - Answers Not made up of or containing cells
virions - Answers individual virus particles
host range - Answers The limited range of host cells that each type of virus can infect and parasitize.
bacteriophage - Answers kind of virus that infects bacteria
vector - Answers Animal that transports a pathogen to a human
mechanical vector - Answers not necessary to the life cycle of an infectious agent and merely transports
it without being infected
biological vector - Answers an arthropod vector in which the disease causing organism multiplies or
develops within the arthropod prior to becoming infective for a susceptible individual
capsid - Answers Outer protein coat of a virus
capsomeres - Answers identical protein subunits that spontaneously self assemble to form the capsid
naked viruses - Answers lack lipid envelope; more resistant to disinfectants
nonenveloped viruses - Answers viruses whose capsids are not covered by an envelope
enveloped virus - Answers virus that contains additional layers around the nucleocapsid
viral envelope - Answers A membrane that cloaks the capsid that in turn encloses a viral genome.
spikes - Answers projections that extend from the viral envelope that may aid in attachment to the host
cell
helical, polyhedral, complex - Answers Basic types of viral shapes
icosahedral - Answers 20 sided structure with 12 vertices capsid
sheath - Answers Connective tissue tube covering other structures
tail fibers - Answers Help the bacteriophage to recognize and connect to the correct host cell
tail pins - Answers anchor the phage to the bacterium
virulent phages - Answers reproduce strictly through the lytic cycle and always kill their host cells
temperate phages - Answers phages that use both the lytic and lysogenic cycles
progeny viruses - Answers newly assembled viruses
acellular - Answers Not made up of or containing cells
virions - Answers individual virus particles
host range - Answers The limited range of host cells that each type of virus can infect and parasitize.
bacteriophage - Answers kind of virus that infects bacteria
vector - Answers Animal that transports a pathogen to a human
mechanical vector - Answers not necessary to the life cycle of an infectious agent and merely transports
it without being infected
biological vector - Answers an arthropod vector in which the disease causing organism multiplies or
develops within the arthropod prior to becoming infective for a susceptible individual
capsid - Answers Outer protein coat of a virus
capsomeres - Answers identical protein subunits that spontaneously self assemble to form the capsid
naked viruses - Answers lack lipid envelope; more resistant to disinfectants
nonenveloped viruses - Answers viruses whose capsids are not covered by an envelope
enveloped virus - Answers virus that contains additional layers around the nucleocapsid
viral envelope - Answers A membrane that cloaks the capsid that in turn encloses a viral genome.
spikes - Answers projections that extend from the viral envelope that may aid in attachment to the host
cell
helical, polyhedral, complex - Answers Basic types of viral shapes
icosahedral - Answers 20 sided structure with 12 vertices capsid
sheath - Answers Connective tissue tube covering other structures
tail fibers - Answers Help the bacteriophage to recognize and connect to the correct host cell
tail pins - Answers anchor the phage to the bacterium
virulent phages - Answers reproduce strictly through the lytic cycle and always kill their host cells
temperate phages - Answers phages that use both the lytic and lysogenic cycles
progeny viruses - Answers newly assembled viruses
