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Host group order |
1. Vertebrates 2. Invertebrates 3. Plants 4. Lower euk (fungi, algae, protozoa) 5. Prok (bacteria, archaea) |
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Order suffix |
-virales |
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Family |
-viridae |
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Genus |
-virus |
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Species: phage naming |
Number (e.g. T4) Letter (e.g. phage Lambda |
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Species: plant virus |
First host (e.g. tomato) Symptoms (e.g. bushy and stunts growth) |
Tomato bushy stunt virus |
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Species: vertebrate virus |
Host (e.g. bovine = cow) Location (e.g. ebola valley) Disease (e.g. measles) |
Varies |
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ssDNA virus genomes |
Small Circular Some segmented -monopartite: 1 particle, 1 genome -multipartite: >1 particle, 2+ particles |
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ssDNA virus structure |
Most icosahedral capsid No envelope
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ssDNA virus hosts groups |
1. Vert 2. Invert 3. Plants 5. Prok |
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ssDNA virus examples |
Circoviridae Parvoviridae |
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dsDNA virus genome |
Size varies Linear OR circular No segmentation Must bring DdRp into cell |
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dsDNA virus structure |
Most icosahedral +/- envelope |
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dsDNA virus host groups |
1. Vert 2. Invert 4. Lower euk 5. Prok |
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dsDNA virus examples |
(Most phages) Siphoviridae (incl. Phage lambda) Mimivirus & Pandoravirus (giant) Poxviridae (pathogen) Papillomavirus Herpesvirus Andenoviridae (gene editing, gene therapy)
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dsDNA virus advantages |
No 2' hydroxyl (more stable: no susceptible to alkaline hydrolysis or nuclease) Complimentary copy (for repair) Has proofreading activity |
3 advantages |
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(+) strand RNA virus genome |
Not too large (max 30kb) All linear Some segmented Coding sense |
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(+) strand RNA virus host groups |
(All) 1. Vert 2. Invert 3. Plants 4. Lower euk 5. Prok |
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(+) strand RNA virus structure |
Most icosahedral +/- envelope Has 2' hydroxyl on ribose (susceptible to alkaline hydrolysis and nuclease) |
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(+) strand RNA virus examples |
Leviviridae (phages; e.g. Qβ, MS2) Flaviviridae (pathogens; e.g. flavivirus, west-nile virus, ebolavirus) Togaviridae (infect animals) Coronaviridae |
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