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Name the virus which was crystallised for the first time.
Name the virus which was crystallised for the first time.
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The correct option is A TMV
Tobacco mosaic virus is a positive sense single stranded RNA virus that infects tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae. Tobacco mosaic virus was the first virus to be crystallized. It was done by Wendell Meredith Stanley in 1935. He also showed that TMV remains active even after crystallization. For his work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946. So, the correct answer is 'TMV'.
Tobacco mosaic virus is a positive sense single stranded RNA virus that infects tobacco and other members of the family Solanaceae. Tobacco mosaic virus was the first virus to be crystallized. It was done by Wendell Meredith Stanley in 1935. He also showed that TMV remains active even after crystallization. For his work, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946. So, the correct answer is 'TMV'.
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