BIO307: Microbiology

8.1: Virus Characteristics

• Khan Academy: "Introduction to Viruses" Page

  Watch this lecture, which identifies the major characteristics of viruses.
  

• University of South Carolina School of Medicine: Margaret Hunt's "Basic Virology: Definitions, Classification, Morphology and Chemistry"

  Read this overview of DNA and RNA viruses, which are either single or double stranded and can vary in size and morphology.