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virus

Term

the smallest known type of organism. A non cellular entity that consists minimally of protein and nucleic acid, and that can replicate only after entry into specific types of living cells, and then only by usurping the cell's own systems. [CUB]

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CHM Biodiversity

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http://biodiversity-chm.eea.europa.eu/nyglossary_terms/V/virus

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