Which one of the following is an exception to cell theory?

Question

Which one of the following is an exception to cell theory? (A) Fungi (B) Blue green algae (C) Virus (D) Bacteria

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

Virus is an exception to cell theory as it lacks cell and protoplasm, the living substance in which all life processes take place. But it can reproduce in a living host cell, by using raw materials (nucleotides) and biosynthetic machinery (ribosomes, /RNA, enzymes) of the host cell.

Q. Which one of the following is an exception to cell theory?

Fungi

Blue green algae

Virus

Bacteria

Virus is an exception to cell theory as it lacks cell and protoplasm, the living substance in which all life processes take place. But it can reproduce in a living host cell, by using raw materials (nucleotides) and biosynthetic machinery (ribosomes, /RNA, enzymes) of the host cell.