Question

Which of the following can be made into crystal?

• A. Bacterium
• B. Amoeba
• C. Virus
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is C Virus

• The virus is non living infectious particle, hence, they can be crystallized.
• The tobacco mosaic virus was the first virus to be crystallized. It was achieved by W M Stanley in 1935 who also showed that TMV remains active even after crystallization. For his work, he was awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946.