Certain infectious particles lack nucleic acids yet cause diseases. Which of the following correctly describes the infectious agent and a disease it causes?
Viroids; Potato spindle tuber disease
Prions; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Viruses; Tobacco mosaic disease
Lichens; Athlete's foot
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Which one of the following viruses contains both DNA and RNA?
Cyanophage
Herpes virus
Leuko virus
Polio virus
I. DJ Ivanowsky (1892) recognised certain microbes as causal organisms of the mosaic disease of tobacco
II. MW Beijerinck (1898) demonstrated that the extract of infected plants of tobacco could cause infection in healthy plants and called the fluid as contagium vivum fluidum
III. WM Stanley (1935) showed that these microbes could be crystallised and crystals consist largely of protein
The above statements are assigned to
Bacteria
Virus
Prions
Lichens
Which statement is wrong for viruses?
They reproduce only inside the host cell.
They have no cellular structure.
They have no metabolism.
They grow.
Plant viruses generally have
Single stranded DNA
Double stranded RNA
Single stranded RNA
Double stranded DNA
Helical contractile sheath occurs in
Bacteria
Bacteriophage
Retroviruses
Fungi
I. DJ Ivanowsky (1892) recognised certain microbes as causal organisms of the mosaic disease of tobacco
II. MW Beijerinck (1898) demonstrated that the extract of infected plants of tobacco could cause infection in healthy plants and called the fluid as contagium vivum fluidum
III. WM Stanley (1935) showed that these microbes could be crystallised and crystals consist largely of protein
The above statements are assigned to
Bacteria
Virus
Prions
Lichens
HIV has a protein coat and genetic material
ssRNA
dsRNA
ssDNA
dsDNA
Which part of an animal virus is not reproduced in multiple copies?
Capsid
Proteins
Envelope
Ribosomes
Helical contractile sheath occurs in
Bacteria
Bacteriophages
Fungi
Protozoa
Influenza virus has
DNA
RNA
Both DNA and RNA
Only proteins and no nucleic acids