Friday, 23 October 2015

Classifying Things - Viruses

Things that are classified by biologists

Viruses (are not living organisms!)
Viruses are grouped according to the genetic (replicating) material they contain (deoxyribosenucleic acid or ribosenucleic acid) and they can have a protein coat surrounding that.  Others can have a lipid layer surrounding the protein coat.  Examples: - Tobacco Mosaic Virus and Chickenpox.

Generalised Virus Structure

They can come in many shapes from simple spheres to the more complex coliphage.


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