What is Virus? Prokaryote or Eukaryote or any other ?

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Virus are neither prokaryote nor eukaryote. Virus cannot multiply without invading a host cell, so they are not placed in any kingdom in Whittaker 5 kingdom classification. They are simply nuclei acid material encoded in a sheath of protein.

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