Microbe Mission B/C

[Alex-RCHS]

Type 7 of the Baltimore classification (dsDNA-RT) is really confusing to me. I can't understand it. What exactly does the reverse transcriptase work on, if it is a DNA virus?

[whythelongface]

Type 7 of the Baltimore classification (dsDNA-RT) is really confusing to me. I can't understand it. What exactly does the reverse transcriptase work on, if it is a DNA virus?

You know, that's a really good point, and I've been wondering about it myself for some time. Maybe it doesn't directly integrate its DNA into the host genome, but transcribes an RNA copy first from one of the strands and is then reverse transcribed into DNA, which is integrated? That wouldn't make sense though, because that's like an extra step that achieves nothing...

[Unome]

Type 7 of the Baltimore classification (dsDNA-RT) is really confusing to me. I can't understand it. What exactly does the reverse transcriptase work on, if it is a DNA virus?

You know, that's a really good point, and I've been wondering about it myself for some time. Maybe it doesn't directly integrate its DNA into the host genome, but transcribes an RNA copy first from one of the strands and is then reverse transcribed into DNA, which is integrated? That wouldn't make sense though, because that's like an extra step that achieves nothing...

From my notes, that's exactly what it does.

[nerdfifi]

What websites and sources do you recommend for studying Microbe Mission, especially microscopy and gram stain?

[Alex-RCHS]

What websites and sources do you recommend for studying Microbe Mission, especially microscopy and gram stain?

I have used wikipedia almost exclusively for microbe mission tbh. That'll get some hate, but wikipedia entries are extremely extensive for most biology topics. For microscopy in particular, I recommend Microscopy U (run by Nikon). There are also some great textbooks out there that others will recommend in the following posts, I'm sure. (Merge will recommend a textbook in 3, 2, 1...)

[nerdfifi]

What websites and sources do you recommend for studying Microbe Mission, especially microscopy and gram stain?

I have used wikipedia almost exclusively for microbe mission tbh. That'll get some hate, but wikipedia entries are extremely extensive for most biology topics. For microscopy in particular, I recommend Microscopy U (run by Nikon). There are also some great textbooks out there that others will recommend in the following posts, I'm sure. (Merge will recommend a textbook in 3, 2, 1...)

Thank you!

[themightyweeaboo]

How do you tell the difference between images taken with florescence microscopes and confocal microscopes? I keep getting confused on the practice tests I take...

[Pettywap]

How do you tell the difference between images taken with florescence microscopes and confocal microscopes? I keep getting confused on the practice tests I take...

If you look up florescence vs. confocal, confocal is clearer and has a better contrast in color.

[Alex-RCHS]

How do you tell the difference between images taken with florescence microscopes and confocal microscopes? I keep getting confused on the practice tests I take...

If you look up florescence vs. confocal, confocal is clearer and has a better contrast in color.

Also, confocal (CLSM) microscopes can create a 3D image but standard fluorescent microscopes can’t.

[themightyweeaboo]

Thank you so much!