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describe the types of virus

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(a) Plant Viruses (Phytophagineae):

They cause disease in plants, e.g., Tobacco Mosaic Virus (Fig. 2.2); Potato Mosaic Viruses, Banana Bunchy Top Virus, Tomato Leaf Curl Virus,

(b) Animal Viruses (Zoophagineae, Fig. 2.3).

They parasitize animals including human beings, e.g., Poliomyelitis Virus, Influ­enza Virus, Small Pox Virus, Hepatitis Virus, Mumps Virus, Rhino Viruses (common cold viruses),

(c) Phagineae:

They parasitise lower organisms— bacteriophages (bacterial viruses, e.g., T2, T4, lambda, Fig. 2.4), coliphages (bacteriophages of Escherichia coli), cyanophages (blue-green algal viruses, e.g., LPP-1, SM-1, N-l), phycophages (algal viruses), mycophages (fungal viruses), zymophages (mycophages of yeast).



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