Question

What are the Characteristics of virus

Answer 1

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

They can mutate.

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.