Viruses cannot ____? A. Be crystallized B. Live in Bacteria C. Reproduce on their own D. Cause diseases in plants

1 Answer
Apr 18, 2018

#C.#

Explanation:

Viruses cannot reproduce on their own, and need a host organism to infect before they can hack its #"DNA"# and then reproduce.

A basic, simple explanation for that is because the virus genome does not contain all of the #"RNA"# and #"DNA"# parts needed for replication, such as transfer #"RNAs"# and ribosomal #"RNAs"#.

So, #C.# would be the correct answer.

Source:
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_are_viruses_unable_to_survive_outside_their_hosts