Viral Virology Quiz

The study of viruses is known as virology, a subspeciality of microbiology.

Martinus Beijerinck discovered the tobacco mosaic virus in 1898.

More than 11,000 of the millions of virus species have been described in detail.

<p>Viruses exist in the form of independent viral particles, or virions, consisting of genetic material, i.e., long molecules of DNA or RNA that encode the structure of the virus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When infected, a host cell is often forced to rapidly produce thousands of copies of the original virus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A host cell is often forced to rapidly produce thousands of copies of the original virus when infected by a virus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Virions consist of genetic material, i.e., long molecules of DNA or RNA that encode the structure of the virus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dmitri Ivanovsky is credited with the discovery of a non-bacterial pathogen infecting tobacco plants in 1892.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The study of viruses is known as virology, a subspeciality of microbiology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viruses are found in almost every ecosystem on Earth and are the most numerous type of biological entity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It described a non-bacterial pathogen infecting tobacco plants, which was the first evidence of viruses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is the subspeciality of microbiology focused on the study of viruses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In the form of independent viral particles, or virions, consisting of genetic material.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Host cells are often forced to rapidly produce thousands of copies of the original virus when infected.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>More than 11,000 of the millions of virus species have been described in detail.</p> Signup and view all the answers