Yes, some viruses are single strand RNA (+ssRNA or -ssRNA) the textbook Microbiology: with diseases by taxonomy by Robert W Bauman is a good reference with a section for both. (Does have sqeemish pictures though.)
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nis@feddit.dk 2 months ago
Single-stranded? Wouldn’t that be RNA?
DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world 2 months ago
IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Nope. RNA is chemically different: different sugar in the backbone, and there are wayyyy more than 4 RNA bases (like 12 iirc)
nis@feddit.dk 2 months ago
Nice. I learned something new today 🙂
Not sure where I picked up my belief that RNA was just one side of DNA.
IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 2 months ago
It is how it’s generally taught in schools, which is unfortunate.