Viruses were initially identified as small infectious agents that could pass through filters. How was it believed that these molecules could survive?
A) they had small compact structures that allowed for the production of metabolites and replication
B) they survived on the metabolites and poisons that pass through the filter
C) they borrowed the use of existing metabolic and replicative mechanisms of the host cells they infected
D) they are capable of capturing energy from the sun

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It is believed that viruses survive by infecting host cells and taking over their metabolic and replicative mechanisms in order to produce new viruses. This is known as the lytic cycle.

Viruses Were Initially Identified as Small Infectious Agents That Could