Viruses

production" (7). Hence, marine viral activity moves more respiration and production away from the other heterotrophs and into the bacteria. Marine viruses also have an impact on the diversity observed in the bacterial community and the composition of the species in the ocean as they usually are highly specific for certain hosts. The impact of viruses on ocean biogeochemistry is often evoked purely through the act of host lysis, but very few studies have considered the chemical contributions of…

Although there are physical similarities in Archaeal and Bacterial Viruses, there are a notable amount of cellular differences among the two. In this essay, I will discuss the comparison between two of three of the Earth 's most abundant cellular organisms (Krupovic, 2011). An Archaeal Virus is a single-celled organism that contains metabolic eccentricity, methanogens, and extreme thermophiles (meaning they can abstain stability in tremendously high temperatures) (Archaeal, 2011). A Bacterial…

Some of the most common illnesses are not actually bacterial infections, but are caused by viruses on which antibiotics have no effect (Novitt-Moreno; Monroe). Viruses such as the ones that cause illnesses like the common cold and flu are a completely different type of organism and are unsusceptible to antibiotic treatment (Kent). When antibiotics are used to treat non-bacterial illnesses, the bacteria present in the body are exposed and have a chance to develop a resistance to that antibiotic…

wisdom of viruses says that about viruses, scientists say that viruses aren’t bigger than bacteria and that the majority have viruses have 10 or less genes. But organisms such as the meme virus, mega virus and the Pandora virus prove us wrong. In some cases, some of these controversies to the change of biological evolution is in heredity by accident, natural in nature or caused by mutation. Before 2003 there only two kinds of living things on earth which were cellular life and viruses; the cells…

inside the cells of an organism. Most viruses are microscopic they are only observable through an optical microscope. Viruses can infect all types of organisms ranging from plant to animals as well as bacteria and other archaea. There are around 5000 different types of viruses described at the current time, however, it is thought that there are millions different viruses of distinct types. Viruses are seen in every ecosystem on planet Earth. The study of viruses is called virology which is a…

numerous differences as well as similarities with the cell nature as well as the varied virus character demands pointing to the viruses coming first. To a degree, the theories that designate this phenomenon have contended on the dissimilar nature of viruses, as a crucial factor that illustrates the viruses coming first (Woese, 1987). In the biosphere of microbes, whereas viruses are regarded as minuscule in size, the Pithovirus is known to be the opposite. It has been recorded as the largest…

Virus Podcast Reflection The thing that surprised me the most about this podcast came at the beginning. I knew that discoveries of bacteria and viruses were fairly recent, with viruses being even more recent because normally they are only a fraction of the size. I didn’t realize that up until 2003, viruses were just lumped into this random category that no one really took the time to sort out and try and make any discoveries in. I think that it makes sense though because researchers want to be…

negative so he probably has a virus." That seems a little confusing because you would think they could tell what the virus was, but there are so many viruses that sometimes we as humans just catch a virus and have to deal with it. Obviously some viruses are not as powerful, but some are very serious and could even lead to death. Two common viruses are Influenza and Rhinovirus, I will write about those later in this paper. The definition of a virus from the Oxford…

potential viruses in groundwater. Waterborne outbreaks often occur, and are probably caused by viruses in drinking water. Because viruses are hard to detect in humans and water post-outbreak, most outbreaks are unrecognized and underestimated. Waterborne virus outbreaks in groundwater systems tend to be uncommon, so some researchers speculate…

Reproduction, Excretion, Growth, Nutrition, Transport, Synthesis or R.R.R.E.G.N.T.S. for short). This term can be used to classify whether something is alive or not. Viruses at its core is made of 2 different parts which includes a nucleic acid and a capsid (sometimes also a lipid membrane) (Dr. Ananya Mandal, 2013). By itself, viruses are merely passive and don’t do anything. When encountering a cell it sheds its capsid coating and chemically change the cell functions to start replicating the…