Question

The characteristics of vireses​

Answer 1

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They are acellular, that is, they contain no cytoplasm or cellular organelles.

They carry out no metabolism on their own and must replicate using the host cell's metabolic machinery. In other words, viruses don't grow and divide. ...

The vast majority of viruses possess either DNA or RNA but not both.

Answer 2

Characteristics

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• Non living structures.

• Non-cellular.

• Contain a protein coat called the capsid.

• Have a nucleic acid core containing DNA or RNA (one or the other - not both)

• Capable of reproducing only when inside a HOST cell.