Virus 1
Prokaryotic eukaryoticgenome
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CH. 19 VIRUSES Objective: EK 3.C.3: Viral replication results in genetic variation, and viral infection can introduce genetic variation into the hosts.
MILESTONES IN MICROBIOLOGY
Viroids and prions
-Viruses- Are non-living particles. Most viruses are “pathogens”. Pathogens are disease-causing agents.
Viral genetics. A sense of size Comparing – Eukaryote – Bacterium – virus.
Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings DNA technology has many useful applications –The Human Genome Project –The production.
Chapter 19 – Viruses (structure, reproduction, pathogens) HIV infection (TEM) (CDC) T4 bacteriophages infecting E. coli (colorized SEM) Phages (TEM)
Viroids, Prions, Viruses, and Bacteria Chapter 20.
History of viruses Viruses have been around for a long time, but only recently have we gained the ability to investigate what they look like.