Question

write the characteristics of viruses​

Answer 1

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Viruses can replicate only by infecting a host cell.

They cannot reproduce on their own.

Viruses are not cells; they arme a strand of genetic material within a protective protein coat called a capsid.

They infect a wide variety of organisms, including both eukaryotes and prokaryotes.

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Answer 2

Answer:

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Here is your answer Mate

Explanation:

The various characteristics of viruses are:

• They are smaller and simpler than bacteria.

• They are ultra microscopic and visible only under electron microscope.

• They are considered to be on the boundary line of living and non-living things.

• They are obligate parasites and cannot live on their own.

• They cannot multiply on their own. They require living machinery to multiply.

• Viruses consist of genetic materials (DNA or RNA) surrounded by a protective coat of protein (capsid).

• Viruses are responsible for causing many dreadful diseases in plants, animals, and humans.