Viruses can multiply only inside a host, so they are called what?
AFree saprophytes
BGut commensals
CMutual symbionts
DObligate parasites
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Obligate parasites
Viruses are inert outside and depend wholly on a host cell to replicate.
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