Lysogenic Infection and Phage Induction Quiz

Which type of virus is transmitted through sexual contact?

Which type of virus is transmitted through the fecal-oral route?

Which type of virus is transmitted through vector organisms like arthropods?

What is the approximate diameter of the smallest viruses?

What is the general strategy for phage replication in a productive infection?

Which step of the animal virus replication cycle involves the binding of virus attachment proteins to receptors on the host cell surface?

During viral replication, which event involves the expression of viral genes to produce viral structural and catalytic genes?

Which replication strategy is used by RNA viruses?

Which step of the animal virus replication cycle involves the separation of nucleic acid from the protein coat?

Which type of virus can infect multiple species?

Which type of infection occurs when a prophage is excised by a phage-encoded enzyme?

What can induce the excision of a prophage from a lysogen?

Which protease is activated by the SOS repair system during phage induction?

What is the consequence of lysogeny in terms of superinfection?

Which type of phage infection causes infected cells to slowly die?

Which of the following is true about viruses?

What is the composition of a virion?

Which of the following is true about viral taxonomy?

What is the main characteristic used to classify viruses?

Which of the following routes can zoonotic viruses use to infect humans?

Which enzyme is required for the replication of RNA viruses?

What is the role of the (+) strand in the replication of RNA viruses?

Which type of viruses carry RNRP to synthesize the (+) strand?

What is the mechanism for variation in viruses that involves accumulation of mutations in genes coding for antibody-binding sites?

Which surface protein enables viral release from the cell?

Which scientist(s) determined that tobacco mosaic disease was caused by a 'filterable virus' too small to be seen with a light microscope?

What is the term used to describe microorganisms that were identified as infectious agents?

What was the year when tobacco mosaic disease was first identified?

What did the scientists use to determine that the infectious agent causing tobacco mosaic disease was too small to be seen with a light microscope?

Who authored the textbook 'Nester's Microbiology A Human Perspective, Tenth Edition'?