Bacterial and Fungal Virology

Bacterial virology:
Bacteria are prokaryotic, unicellular organisms with a single cell and no real nucleus. They also lack some other organelles.

Bacteriophages are so little that they do not even have a single cell. They just have a single strand of DNA that is encased in a protein sheath. Bacteriophages can cause bacteria to erupt and release a high number of new phages when they infect bacteria.

The billions of bacteria and bacteriophages found in the human body are necessary for a typical, healthy life. Because of the prevalence of bacteriophages and their connections to bacteria, bacteriophage study has grown to be a significant area of biology.

Fungal virology:
Mycoviruses, sometimes called mycophages, are viruses that affect fungi. In comparison to the other 70% of mycoviruses, which have double-stranded RNA genomes and isometric particles, only 30% of them have positive-sense, single-stranded RNA genomes.

Numerous viruses associated with fungi infect their hosts latently. With the exception of killer-immune features in yeasts, smuts, and hypovirulence in the chestnut blight fungus, fungi do not have well-established properties that can be directly related to viral infection.

Most common fungal infections include:

• Athlete’s foot
• Ringworm
• Jock itch
• Genital candidiasis