Section 4
Culturing Viruses
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Batch Culture of Bacteriophages
Bacteriophage cultures require host cells in which the virus or phage multiply.
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Tissue Culture of Animal Viruses
Viruses cannot be grown in standard microbiological broths or on agar plates, instead they have be to cultured inside suitable host cells.
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Inoculation of Live Animals
Live animal inoculation is a method used to cultivate viruses.
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Viral Identification
The genetic material within virus particles varies considerably between different types of viruses.