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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Viruses and Viroids
  3. viroids

Término preferido

viroids

Tipo

  • Organism

Definición

  • Information A group of pathogens comprising the smallest known agents of infectious disease. They are unencapsulated and are capable of replicating autonomously in susceptible cells. Positively identified viroids composed of single-stranded RNA have been isolated from higher plants, but the existence of DNA viroids pathogenic to animals is suspected.

    Fuente: Medical Subject Headings

    Tipo: Concept definition

Concepto genérico

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/9408

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