Microbiology - Viruses

Exercise : Viruses - Section 2
11.
Inclusion bodies of measles virus are
intracytoplasmic
intranuclear
both (a) and (b)
none of these
Answer: Option
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12.
The most efficient way to enclose a space is within a/an
sphere
cube
icosahedron
helix
Answer: Option
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13.
Which of the following is an example of rod-shaped viruses having their capsomeres arranged helically and not in the stacked ring?
Bateriophage M13
Bateriophage MV-L2
Bateriophage T2
Bateriophage T4
Answer: Option
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14.
During the first 10 minutes after injection of phage DNA, no phage can be recovered by disrupting the infected bacterium. This is termed as
eclipse period
rise period
latent period
burst size
Answer: Option
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15.
The function of a viral capsid is
protection against the viral genome from physical and enzymatic destruction
providing binding sites that enable the virus to attach to specific receptor sites on the host cell
serving as a vehicle of transmission from one host to another
all of the above
Answer: Option
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