SCIENCE
VIRUS AND BACTERIA
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Viruses
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Bacteria
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Both viruses and bacteria
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -A retrovirus is a virus that uses RNA as its genomic material.
Detailed explanation-2: -Concept 25 Some viruses store genetic information in RNA. Even so, these viruses ultimately make proteins in the same way as higher organisms. During infection, the RNA code is first transcribed “back” to DNA-then to RNA to protein, according to the accepted scheme.
Detailed explanation-3: -Virus genomes All viruses have genetic material (a genome) made of nucleic acid. You, like all other cell-based life, use DNA as your genetic material. Viruses, on the other hand, may use either RNA or DNA, both of which are types of nucleic acid.
Detailed explanation-4: -When a virus particle is independent from its host, it consists of a viral genome, or genetic material, contained within a protein shell called a capsid.