What type of virus is the tobacco mosaic virus?

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What type of virus is the tobacco mosaic virus?
  1. Bacteriophage
  2. RNA virus
  3. DNA virus
  4. Retrovirus

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What type of virus is the tobacco mosaic virus?
  • Step 1: Understand that a virus is a tiny infectious agent that can only replicate inside the living cells of an organism.
  • Step 2: Learn that viruses can be classified into two main types based on their genetic material: DNA viruses and RNA viruses.
  • Step 3: Identify that the tobacco mosaic virus is one of the viruses that contains RNA as its genetic material.
  • Step 4: Recognize that the tobacco mosaic virus primarily infects plants, especially tobacco plants and some other related species.
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