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4. Plant Viruses cause great concern to agriculturists by their pathogenic nature.<br />

Bacteriophages attack the N 2<br />

fixing bacteria of soil and are responsible for<br />

reducing the fertility of soil.<br />

5. In industry, viruses are used in preparation of sera and vaccines.<br />

SELF EVALUATION<br />

One Mark<br />

Choose the correct answer<br />

1. T.M.V has the following symmetry.<br />

a. Cubical b. helical c.atypical d.square<br />

2. The infective nature of virus is due to<br />

a. protein coat b. nucleic acid c. envelope d.tail fibres.<br />

3. Developing a vaccine for SARS is difficult because<br />

a. it spreads by infectious materials b. it is an enveloped virus<br />

c. it is constantly changing it’s form d. it has ssRNA<br />

Fill in the banks<br />

1. ________ isolated <strong>first</strong> virus in crystalline form.<br />

2. The two important components of viruses are ___________ and<br />

___________.<br />

3. All ________viruses have ds.RNA.<br />

4. _________ is a plant virus which has DNA<br />

5. _________ virus causes AIDS.<br />

Match<br />

Cyanophage<br />

Mycophage<br />

SARS<br />

AIDS<br />

Phage<br />

- Corona virus<br />

- HIV<br />

- Blue green algae<br />

- Bacteria<br />

- Fungi<br />

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