Question
Explain the various types of viruses with examples.
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Answer
Viruses are categorized as:
1. Plant virus: Virus that infect plants, e.g. Tobacco mosaic virus, Cauliflower mosaic virus, Potato virus.
Tobacco mosaic virus
2. Animal virus: Virus that infect animals, e.g. Adenovirus, Retrovirus(HIV), Influenza virus, Poliovirus.
Adenovirus
3. Bacteriophages: Virus that infect bacterial cells, e.g. T4 bacteriophage.
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