Bacteria Replication

Bacteria can replicate by binary fission which is the form of asexual reproduction by which one cell divides into two cells of the same size and results in the reproduction of a living cell by division into two equal or near-equal parts.
Bacteria can also replicate by budding, and transfer of plasmids through conjugation which promotes genetic variance.

Virus Question

What are the elements in the composition of the virus capsule?

Viruses Basic Life Cycle

The life cycle of viruses differs greatly between species but there are six basic stages in the life cycle of viruses:

Attachment

Penetration

Uncoating

Replication

Assembly

Release

Attachment: is a specific binding between viral capsid proteins and specific receptors on the host cellular surface. This specificity determines the host range of a virus.

Penetration: following attachment, viruses enter the host cell through receptor mediated endocytosis.
Uncoating: is a process in which the viral capsid is removed is degraded by viral enzymes or host enzymes thus releasing the viral genomic nucleic acid.
Replication: involves synthesis of viral messenger RNA for viruses, viral protein synthesis and assembly of viral proteins and viral genome replication.

Assembly: the virus particles are put together.

Viruses are released from the host cell by lysis. Enveloped viruses usually are released from the host cell by budding.

In Class

In Microbiology, we where given instructions to start a blog for class and this is the result. This blog will basically be for class assignments and information on microbiology topics like bacteria and Viruses and it may eventually have genetics information. I personally am enough of a nerd without having a science blog but I'm a science buff so it will probably be my kinda thing. Today we started our blogs so we are all just setting up so there will be more similar sites up.