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difinitions of each word

Chapter Thirteen Viruses, Viroids and Prions General Characteristics of Viruses: Obligate intracellular parasites: Host range: Bacteriophages (phages): Phage therapy: Viral size: Viral structure (Virion): Nucleic acid: Capsid: Capsomeres: Envelope: Spikes: Enveloped viruses: Nonenveloped viruses: Morphology: Helical viruses: Polyhedral viruses: Complex viruses: Taxonomy of viruses:

Answer 1

Obligate intracellular parasite: Obligate intracellular parasites are microparasites that cannot produse outside their host cell as its reproduction is entirelly reliant on intracellular resources.

Host range:

Bacteriophages (phages):

Phage therapy:

Viral size:

Viral structure (virion):

Nucleic acid:

Capsid:

Capsomeres:

Envelope:

Spikes:

Enveloped viruses:

Nonenveloped viruses:

Morphology:

Helical viruses:

Polyhedral viruses: