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Describe some basic properties of viruses

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  • Viruses are inert (nucleoprotein ) filterable Agents.
  • Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites.
  • Viruses cannot make energy or proteins independent of a host cell.
  • Viral genome are RNA or DNAbut not both.
  • Viruses lack the enzymes necessary for protein and nucleic acid synthesis.
  • Viruses do not have the genetic capability to multiply by division.
  • Viruses occupy the twilight zone that separates the‘living’ from the ‘nonliving’.

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