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What are the criteria applied in the classification and nomenclature of viruses?
What are the criteria applied in the classification and nomenclature of viruses?
Physical data, genome structure, and mode of replication.
What are the two orientations of the genomic RNA strand in single-stranded RNA viruses?
What are the two orientations of the genomic RNA strand in single-stranded RNA viruses?
Sense (positive sense, plus sense) and antisense (negative sense, minus sense).
What is considered in viral classification?
What is considered in viral classification?
The site of capsid assembly and, in enveloped viruses, the site of envelopment.
What are the possible compositions of a viral genome?
What are the possible compositions of a viral genome?
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What does the entire viral genome occupy?
What does the entire viral genome occupy?
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