Question

write the characteristics of the viruses​

Answer 1

Answer:

• They are enclosed in a protective envelope.

• They are non cellular.

• They have a nucleic acid core containing DNA or RNA.

• They contain a protien coat called the caspid.

• They do not respire, they also donot metabolise and do not grow but they do reproduce.

Answer 2

Explanation:

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.