Bio1151
Chapter 19
Viruses
Viruses
are intracellular
parasites
and can reproduce only within
cells.
Bacterial viruses (
) go through two alternative reproductive mechanisms.
The lytic
cycle
describes a
phage.
The lysogenic
cycle
describes a
phage.
Animal
viruses
include
RNA
viruses, some of which are
such as
HIV
that contain their own
transcriptase.