Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2006

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    The tobacco mosaic virus was crystallized for  the first time by                   

    A)  W M Stanley    

    B)  Louis Pasteur

    C)  Edward Jenner                

    D)  Andre Lwoff

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Biologist first began to suspect the existence of viruses during end of 19th  century. The true nature of viruses was discovered in 1933 when Wendell Stanley prepared an extract of a plant virus called Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) and purified it in the form of crystals. Stanley concluded that TMV is best regarded as just that chemical matter than  a living organisms.


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