2) Which of the following statements is not true of all viruses? A) Viruses have envelopes. B) Viruses have an inner core of nucleic acid. C) Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. D) Viral genomes may consist of either DNA or RNA. E) Viruses have a protein capsid.
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