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Infectious agents that are too small to be seen with a light microscope and that are not cells
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Viruses
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Viruses can _____,______ only inside the living host cell these are called ______ _______ ________
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Replicate, multiply, obligate intracellular parasites
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The protein coat surrounding the virus
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Capsid
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A lipid bilayer membrane surrounding a virus
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Envelope
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A complete virus particle (outer coating DNA/RNA)
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Virion
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Their genetic information, to replicate themselves in host cells
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Genome
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Protein coating of a virus, which protects the nucleic acid core from the environment and usually determines the shape of the virus
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Capsid
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The protein subunit that makes up a capsid
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Capsomeres
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______ ______ have a typical bilayer membrane outside their capsids
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Enveloped viruses
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A virons _________ comprises the viral genome together with the capsid
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Nucleocapsid
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Viruses with only a nucleocapsid and no envelope are known as ______ viruses
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Naked
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The poxviruses and many bacterial viruses are called _______ because they have a more elaborate coat or capsid
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Complex viruses
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Many bacteriophages or viruses that infect bacteria have a complex shape that incororates:
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Heads, tails, and tail fibers
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The _____ _____ refers to the spectrum of host that a virus can infect
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Host range
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Most viruses are limited to ____ and to only _____ cells and/or tissues of that host
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One; specific
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