i found two sites that shows virus shapes and something related to it. 1. http://www.ncsu.edu/scivis/Biology.html 2. http://www.microbiologybytes.com/introduction/structure.html ~Roxenette Gil B. Pangilinan
The shape of viruses varies greatly. They can be shaped like small balls (spherical viruses) like strands of spaghetti (flexous viruses) rigid rods, like bullets (baciliform viruses) and like geometric shapes (isocohedral viruses) The smallest viruses can be as small as 20nm (20/1,000,000 of a mm) to as much as 2,000 nm for some flexous plant viruses.
No, viruses come in all shapes. Google T even viruses, adenoviruses, HIV and other retroviruses and see all the different shapes viruses can come in. Round capsids to space ship lander shaped capsids.
Based on host specificity: viruses can be classified as either specific to a single host species or able to infect a range of hosts. According to the type of nucleic acid they contain: viruses can have DNA or RNA genomes. By their shape: viruses can be labeled as either helical, icosahedral, or complex. According to their mode of transmission: viruses can be classified as either airborne, foodborne, or bloodborne.
Viruses are not alive and therefore taxonomists have not yet classified viruses into specific shapes. However, they are enveloped, single stranded, positive-sense RNA viruses (27-31kb) with club-shaped surface about 120-160 nm in diameter that resemble a "corona".
Viruses are similar in size to bacteria, typically ranging from 20 to 400 nanometers in diameter. Some smaller bacterial cells can also be comparable in size to certain viruses. However, viruses lack cellular structures and are much simpler in terms of structure compared to bacteria.
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Viruses have different geometrical shapes, such as helical and polyhedral shapes. A particular polyhedral shape common to many viruses is a dodecahedron shape. This is a geometric shape that has 12 sides.
The shape of viruses varies greatly. They can be shaped like small balls (spherical viruses) like strands of spaghetti (flexous viruses) rigid rods, like bullets (baciliform viruses) and like geometric shapes (isocohedral viruses) The smallest viruses can be as small as 20nm (20/1,000,000 of a mm) to as much as 2,000 nm for some flexous plant viruses.
For computer viruses, they have no physical shape, they are a string or program of codes that are made to effect files Regular viruses have a shape, but they are not needed as they dont effect what they do. Viruses just look like any bacterium, or in a spiderlike form.
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Like all influenza viruses it has a roughly spherical shape.
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No, viruses come in all shapes. Google T even viruses, adenoviruses, HIV and other retroviruses and see all the different shapes viruses can come in. Round capsids to space ship lander shaped capsids.
Viral meningitis has no set shape. There are a variety of viruses that can cause viral meningitis, all a different shape.
Viruses can assume various shapes, including helical, icosahedral, spherical, and complex shapes. The shape of a virus is determined by its structure and composition of proteins that make up the viral capsid.