Microbiology Study Guide: Viruses Study Guide
This guide provides a comprehensive overview of viruses, covering their structure, components (genome, capsid, envelope), morphology (helical, icosahedral, complex), and their classification as obligate intracellular parasites. It is suitable for students learning about virology and infectious agents.
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Microbial Agents, Nutrition, and Transport
High Yield Microbiology Study Guide
A study guide covering infectious agents, viral replication, microbial nutrition, and nutrient transport mechanisms.
- Prions
- Viroids
- Satellite viruses
- Viral replication cycle
- Lytic and lysogenic cycles
- Organic and inorganic nutrients
- Autotrophs and heterotrophs
- Phototrophs and chemotrophs
- Photoautotrophs, photoheterotrophs, chemoautotrophs, and chemoheterotrophs
- Passive transport
- Diffusion
- Osmosis
- Facilitated diffusion
- Active transport
Microbiology: Infectious Agents, Nutrition, and Transport
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Introduction to Virus Structure and Characteristics
Introduction to Virus Structure and Characteristics
Viruses are noncellular infectious particles and obligate intracellular parasites that use a genome, capsid, and sometimes an envelope to infect host cells.
- noncellular infectious particles
- obligate intracellular parasites
- viral genome
- capsid
- capsomers
- nucleocapsid
- envelope
- spikes
- icosahedral shape
- complex shape
- naked virus
- enveloped virus
- DNA viruses
- RNA viruses
Introduction to Virus Structure and Characteristics
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Microbial Metabolism, Enzymes, and Energy
Microbial Growth and Metabolism Fundamentals
This guide covers microbial growth curves, enzyme functions, metabolic pathways including anabolism and catabolism, and energy processing through aerobic respiration.
- Growth curve phases
- Turbidometry
- Viable plate count
- Metabolism
- Anabolism
- Catabolism
- Enzymes
- Substrate
- Active site
- Induced fit
- Apoenzyme
- Cofactor
- Coenzyme
- Exoenzyme
- Endoenzyme
- Constitutive enzymes
- Regulated enzymes
- Condensation
- Hydrolysis
- Denaturation
Microbial Transport, Growth, and Relationships
Microbial Growth and Environmental Requirements
This study guide covers microbial transport mechanisms, osmosis, environmental growth conditions, oxygen requirements, microbial relationships, and bacterial growth measurement.
- Group translocation
- Endocytosis
- Phagocytosis
- Pinocytosis
- Osmosis
- Hypotonic
- Hypertonic
- Plasmolysis
- Psychrophiles
- Psychrotrophs
- Mesophiles
- Thermophiles
- Hyperthermophiles
- Neutrophiles
- Acidophiles
- Alkalinophiles
- Halophiles
- Osmotolerant
- Barophiles
- Obligate aerobe
Comparing Respiration, Fermentation, and Metabolic Pathways
Microbial Metabolism and Energy Production
Comparison of aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration, and fermentation processes including glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and electron transport system.
- Aerobic respiration
- Anaerobic respiration
- Fermentation
- Glycolysis
- Krebs/TCA cycle
- Electron transport system (ETS)
- Chemiosmosis
- ATP synthase
- Anabolism
- Catabolism
- Amphibolism
- Amination
- Deamination
- Transamination
Viral Replication, Cycles, and Effects
Animal Virus Multiplication and Bacteriophages
Animal virus multiplication cycles, entry methods, and bacteriophage lytic and lysogenic cycles are discussed alongside viral effects and persistent infection.
- Positive-sense RNA
- Negative-sense RNA
- Reverse transcriptase
- Animal virus multiplication cycle
- Adsorption
- Penetration
- Uncoating
- Synthesis
- Assembly
- Release
- Budding
- Lysis
- Fusion
- Endocytosis
- Bacteriophages
- Lytic cycle
- Lysogenic cycle
- Prophage
- Lysogenic conversion
- Cytopathic effects
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