Microbiology · Module 3 · Viruses, viroids and prions

Viruses, Viroids and Prions Walkthrough

What a virus is, how phages and animal viruses copy themselves, how viruses hide, how labs grow and count them, and the even simpler agents: viroids and prions. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

Dr. Akash Garg · Microbiology Study Tools · Diagrams are simplified and not to scale. For learning only, not medical advice. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Practice next in the Viruses Lab. Viruses, cells and molecules are drawn as large cartoons with rounded teaching numbers, and steps that take minutes to years are sped up so you can watch them.