The ability to carry out glycolysis. Attachment to a susceptible host cell. Binary fission of the incoming virus particle to produce progeny virus. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. Viruses are surrounded by a lipid bilayer called an envelope.
Viruses utilize double-stranded DNA genomes at some point in their life cycle.
Among the viruses, some have DNA genomes and some have RNA genomes. Viruses must attach to susceptible host cells as a first step in their reproduction. Interferon produces an antiviral state in cells. The capsid has a 5-fold axis of symmetry. The capsid has twenty faces and 12 vertices.