Question

Cryptogram of a virus (Gibbs and Harrison 1968) has $4$ pairs of symbols to be used in virus classification. The pair $1$ indicates

• A. Type of nucleic acid in virus/ structure of nucleic acid
• B. Molecular weight of nucleic acid/ percentage of nucleic acid
• C. Shape of virus particle/ shape of capsid
• D. Kind of host infected/ kind of vector

Answer 1

The correct option is A Type of nucleic acid in virus/ structure of nucleic acid

Cryptogram code is proposed by Gibbs and Harrison (1968) to describe the virus. The code consists of 4 pairs of symbols.

The first pair indicates- The type of nucleic acid/number of strands in the particular nucleic acids. For example cryptogram of Poliovirus is written as R/l: 2.5/30: S/S: V/O.

So, the correct answer is option A, Type of nucleic acid in virus/ structure of nucleic acid.