Who postulated the idea that there are "living things" smaller than bacteria (that were not able to be filtered out of solution), and proposed the term "virus"?

A) Louis Pasteur
B) D. Ivanovski and M. Beijerinck
C) Friedrich Loeffler and Paul Frosch
D) Carl Woese


Ans: A) Louis Pasteur

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A. restriction endonuclease B. DNA helicase C. DNA ligase D. terminal transferase

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The malarial Plasmodium is difficult for the human immune system to fight off because:

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