A virion is known as ______.

With protein coat virus

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Enucleated virus

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Prions

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Virus with DNA or RNA enclosed in capsule

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Solution

The correct option is B Virus with DNA or RNA enclosed in capsule
A virion is complete virus particle with a protein coat and nucleic acid core. The core of virion may have DNA or RNA enclosed in a protein coat outside the cell. It is the extracellular infective form of a virus.
So, the correct answer is option D.

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