Actually, BH, they are not alive at all. They're inert,
Posted on: August 3, 2021 at 08:58:39 CT
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"small obligate intracellular parasites, which by definition contain either a RNA or DNA genome surrounded by a protective, virus-coded protein coat."
They don't exist, by definition, without a host.