NALT

Preferred term

viroids

Organism

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.

Viruses and Viroids

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

39607

Has taxonomic rank

domain

Spanish

viroides

URI

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

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 2/17/17