Coronavirus Appearance

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Coronavirus Appearance

SARS-CoV-2 is a relatively large, spherical, enveloped virion measuring approximately 100 nm in diameter (80–140 nm). Its single-stranded, linear, non-segmented, positive-sense RNA genome is about 30 kb in size.
2. Eckert, A., & Higgins, D. (2020). "This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses." CDC.gov.https://phil.cdc.gov/details.aspx?pid=23312
3. Bullock, H., & Tamin, A. (2020). " Electron microscopic image of a negatively stained particle of SARS-CoV-2, causative agent of COVID-19. Note the prominent spikes from which the coronavirus gets its name for 'corona,' or 'crown-like.'" CDC.gov.https://phil.cdc.gov/details.aspx?pid=23641

CDC generated illustration of SARS-CoV-2 virus (2).
Electron micrograph image of SARS-CoV-2 generated by the CDC (3).