Question:

The name virus was given by

Updated On: Jul 7, 2022

Pasteur
Ivanowsky
Stanely
Beijerinck

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Beijerinck asserted that the virus was somewhat liquid in nature, calling it "contagium vivum fluidum" (contagious living fluid). He coined the term "virus". Ivanowsky recognized certain microbes as a causal organism as the mosaic disease of tobacco. Adolf Meyer was a scientist who gave the name tobacco mosaic disease after seeing dark and light spots on infected leaves of tobacco. Louis Pasteur and Edward Jenner developed the first vaccines against viral infections.

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Notes on viruses and subviral particles

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Viruses and Subviral Particles

Viruses are not the only submicroscopic bodies capable of causing disorders within cells.
Sub-viral particles are infectious agents that bear a resemblance to viruses in structure and composition. But they are notably smaller and simpler than viruses but lack either nucleic acid or protein and are thus not viruses. (Thus they may be proteins beyond nucleic acids or only nucleic acids beyond protein coat /capsid.)
There are 3 sub-viral agents.
- Prions
- Viroids
- Virusoids