Viruses that have plus strand RNA chromosomes that acts as a template for DNA synthesis are known as:
A)retroviruses.
B)proviruses.
C)viroids.
D)bacteriophages.
E)lytic phages.

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Retroviruses use the enzyme reverse transcriptase to make a copy of their RNA genome into DNA, which can then be integrated into the host cell's genome as a provirus. Viroids are small, circular RNA molecules that do not code for any proteins, and bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. Lytic phages replicate within bacteria and then lyse (burst) the host cell to release newly formed viruses. None of these options quite fit the description of viruses with plus strand RNA that acts as a template for DNA synthesis, which is why retroviruses are the correct answer.

Viruses That Have Plus Strand RNA Chromosomes That Acts as a Template