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Q. Which one of the following are intracellular obligate parasites?

Delhi UMET/DPMTDelhi UMET/DPMT 2009Biological Classification

Solution:

Viruses are non-cellular, infectious, obligate, intracellular parasites. These are genetic elements (DNA or RNA) wrapped in a protein coat and are not considered to be organisms, as they cannot reproduce independently.