MICROBIOLOGY
  • Viruses
    • Living and non living characteristics or viruses
    • Virus specificity
    • Virus structure
    • Lysogenic and lyctic cycles
    • Measles
    • Coxsackievirus (Hand,foot and mouth disease)
    • The 3 lines of defense of the body
  • Bacteria
    • General characteristics of bacteria and their shapes
    • Reproduction and growth of bacteria
    • Metabolism and respiration
    • Two main group of bacteria
    • Helpful bacteria
    • Tuberculosis
    • Tetanus
  • Bibliography
There are two major components to viruses
  1. Head region, which contains the capsid, made from protein. This part also contain nucleic acids (DNA/RNA).
  2. The tail, which the virus use to attach itself to a host cell. It consist of a hollow tube through which the virus transfer its DNA/RNA during infection.
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