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What is a virus?

  • A type of bacteria found in all life forms
  • A non-infectious entity found in almost every ecosystem
  • A submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside living cells (correct)
  • A type of organism that infects animals and plants

    • Who discovered the tobacco mosaic virus?

  • Dmitri Ivanovsky
  • Robert Koch
  • Louis Pasteur
  • Martinus Beijerinck (correct)

    • What encodes the structure of a virus?

  • Proteins and lipids
  • Carbohydrates
  • Inorganic molecules
  • Long molecules of DNA or RNA (correct)

    • What is the most numerous type of biological entity on Earth?

    <p>Viruses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the study of viruses known as?

    <p>Virology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who proposed the taxon Monera as a phylum in 1866?

    <p>Ernst Haeckel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was the taxon Monera elevated to the rank of kingdom?

    <p>1925</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who introduced the three-domain system of taxonomy in 1977?

    <p>Carl Woese</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which domains do the organisms found in kingdom Monera belong to under the three-domain system of taxonomy?

    <p>Archaea and Bacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the taxon Monera considered paraphyletic?

    <p>It does not include all descendants of their most recent common ancestor</p> Signup and view all the answers

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