The Growth of Viruses in a Culture Is Described as a One-Step

question 29

Multiple Choice

The growth of viruses in a culture is described as a one-step growth curve, because

• A) virion numbers show no increase during intracellular replication and can only be counted after the virions burst from the host cell.
• B) there is only one step in the viral life cycle which leads to only one replicative cycle in a culture.
• C) assembly and release actually occur in one step.
• D) the eclipse phase prevents the plating and enumeration of virions although new virions are produced at a steady rate during the eclipse phase.

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