Viruses are
A) infectious agents that infect exclusively multicellular organisms.
B) noncellular particles that take over the metabolism of a cell to generate more virus particles.
C) pathogens that replicate in complex growth media.
D) cellular particles that belong to the archaea domain.
E) microbes that consist of lipid membrane-enclosed genomes.

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Viruses are noncellular particles that cannot replicate or survive independently outside of a host cell. They take over the metabolism of a cell to generate more virus particles.

Viruses Are