The presence of genetic material as DNA or RNA is the characteristic of _________.

Virus

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Bacteria

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Amoeba

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Sponge

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Solution

The correct option is A Virus
A virus is a nucleoprotein and also contains genetic material which is either DNA or RNA. This genetic material is infectious. No virus contains both DNA and RNA. Viruses that infect plants have single-stranded RNA and viruses that infect animals have either single or double stranded RNA or double stranded DNA.
So, the correct answer is option A.

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