alleryStart learning →Viruses built with a head and a tail infect which kind of host?
AFlowering plants
BBacterial cells
CHuman neurons
DFungal cells
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Bacterial cells
1. Virus shapes fall into four groups: filamentous, isometric, enveloped, and head and tail.
2. Head and tail viruses infect bacteria.
3. Their head resembles an icosahedral virus and their tail resembles a filamentous one.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 21 "Viruses", section 21.1 Viral Evolution, Morphology, and Classification_
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