BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
KINGDOM MONERA
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B
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses contain either RNA or DNA as their genetic material. DNA in most organisms is a double-stranded structure, based on Watson and Crick pairing; however, in viruses, DNA and RNA can be either single-stranded or double-stranded.
Detailed explanation-2: -Viruses are smaller and simpler in construction than unicellular microorganisms, and they contain only one type of nucleic acid-either DNA or RNA-never both.
Detailed explanation-3: -Virus contains both type of nucleic acids, i.e., DNA and RNA.
Detailed explanation-4: -The simplest virions consist of two basic components: nucleic acid (single-or double-stranded RNA or DNA) and a protein coat, the capsid, which functions as a shell to protect the viral genome from nucleases and which during infection attaches the virion to specific receptors exposed on the prospective host cell.