NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses infect all forms of organisms including bacteria, archaea, fungi, plants, and animals. Living things grow, metabolize, and reproduce. Viruses replicate, but to do so, they are entirely dependent on their host cells.

Detailed explanation-2: -Viruses can infect a variety of living organisms, including bacteria, plants, and animals. Viruses are so small that a microscope is necessary to visualize them, and they have a very simple structure.

Detailed explanation-3: -Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea. Viruses are infectious agents with both living and nonliving characteristics.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bacteria can be infected by tiny viruses called bacteriophages (phages). Bacteriophages are so small they do not even have a single cell, but are instead just a piece of DNA surrounded by a protein coat.