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Virus
q/a
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Virus are obligate or facultative parasite? | Obligate parasite |
| Virus is also known as? | Transition zone, border line, biological puzzle |
| Why is virus resistant to antibody? | Because it has no metabolism outside the host body |
| What is the main living character of virus? | It contains genetic material (DNA or RNA) |
| What is the main non-living character of virus? | Crystallization |
| What is the size of virus? | 10-300 nm |
| Smallest virus is? | Coliophage F2 (2nm)--> actually viroids |
| Term virus was coined by? | Louis Pasteur |
| Virus is made up of? | Nucleic acid + protein |
| Virus was first discovered by? | D.J. Ivanowsky |
| Virus was first detected by? | W. Meyer |
| Virus was first crystallized by? | W.M. Stanley |
| First virus to be discovered was? | Tobacco mosaic virus |
| First virus to be crystallized was? | Tobacco mosaic virus |
| Father of virus? | W.M. Stanley |
| Beijerick called virus as? | Contangium Vivum fluidum |
| Small pox was discovered by? | Edward Jenner |
| Father of vaccination? | Edward Jenner |
| Polio virus was discovered by? | Sabin et al |
| Father of microbiology is? | Louis Pasteur |
| Smallest plant virus? |