Viruses are

intracellular obligate parasites

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extracellular saprophytes

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facultative parasites

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intracellular symbionts

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The correct option is A
intracellular obligate parasites

Viruses are intracellular obligate parasites. Ther are incapable of multiplication or survival outside a living host cell. So, they form the connecting link between the living and the dead.

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Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about viruses?

i. Viruses are smaller than the bacteria

ii. Viruses are active outside the host cell

iii. Viruses use the host cell to reproduce

iv. Viruses do not contain DNA or RNA

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