Ultrastructural aspects of herpetoviruses.
Thin-section electron microscopy of several herpetovirus strains recovered in the laboratory from human hosts and rodents visualized typical spherical particles when the strains were propagated in vitro at a temperature corresponding to the body temperature of their natural host. In contrast, viral growth at a suboptimal temperature often resulted in aberrant viral structures.
D000818:Animals; D003411:Arvicolinae / Q000382:microbiology; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000382:microbiology; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013696:Temperature; D014776:Virus Cultivation