BIO 251 -- Chapter 6 study objectives
  1. Describe the external coverings of viral particles, including the envelope and capsid.
  2. Describe what is found in the central core of a viral particle.
  3. How are families of viruses named.
  4. How are genera of viruses named.
  5. Describe the multiplication cycles (lytic & lysogenic) of a bacteriophage, and that of an animal virus.
  6. Describe how animal viruses affect host cells.
  7. Describe how viruses are cultured.
  8. Describe how viruses are identified.
  9. Describe how viruses are detected, controlled, and treated in viral infections.
  10. Know the basic structure of viruses, and know the type of capsid shapes, and types of complex viruses.