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Think about the many factors that are used to classify viruses. In order for Lauren to determine the type of virus she may have, she needs to understand some basic concepts about how viruses are characterized. Please sort the following statements as being true or false regarding characteristics of viruses.

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True statements:

- Viruses are not capable of metabolic activity on their own; they must have a host cell to reproduce.

- The genetic material of a virus can be DNA or RNA.

- Viruses can have different shapes.

- Capsids function to surround and protect the nucleic acid core.

- The genomes of viruses are usually smaller than the genomes of bacteria.

Incorrect Statements

- All viruses have both a capsid and an envelope.

- Capsids are adquired from the host cell during replication or release.

- The intracellular state of a virus is called a virion.

Step-by-step explanation:

All of this are very important aspects to know in order to identify a virus from a bacteria. And also there are a lot of factors by which a virologist can classify viruses: the type of nuleid acid, the presence or absecence of an envelope, the capsyd, and how the virus reproduce.

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