Select the letter of the choice that best completes the statement. Organisms that can only live inside the cells are calleda. flora.b. bacteria.c. viruses.d. fungi.

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Select the letter of the choice that best completes the statement. Organisms that can only live inside the cells are called
a. flora.
b. bacteria.
c. viruses.
d. fungi.

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Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites, i.e. they require a host to live. Viruses do not possess the enzymes that are required for reproduction and protein synthesis. 

The structure of a virus consists of a protein capsid and genetic material. The genetic material can be either DNA or RNA. Viruses show two types of life cycles inside a host cells: lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle.

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