 | Chapter Objectives
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After reading this
chapter you should be able to: - define viruses and discuss the implications of the concepts embodied in the
definition
- discuss the various requirements for culturing viruses
- discuss the methodology employed for virus purification and enumeration
- discuss the composition and arrangement(s) of viral capsids
- discuss the variety found in viral genomes (DNA or RNA, single or double stranded,
linear or circular, etc.)
- describe the way in which viruses are classified
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