Viruses were initially identified as small infectious agents that could pass through filters.How was it believed that these agents could survive
A)They had small compact structures that allowed for the production of metabolites and replication.
B)They survived on the metabolites and poisons that pass through the filter.
C)They borrowed the use of existing metabolic and replicative mechanisms of the host cells they infected.
D)They are capable of capturing energy from the sun.

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Viruses cannot produce their own energy or replicate on their own, so they must hijack the metabolic and replicative mechanisms of the host cells they infect to survive.

Viruses Were Initially Identified as Small Infectious Agents That Could