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there are a few types of unusual infectious particles in the world. viruses seem pretty simple, containing just genetic material and some recognition proteins. viroids and prions are even simpler; viroids are only bits of genetic material without any protective protein coat, and prions are nothing more than a type of protein that triggers other proteins to misfold. some kinds of bacteria can also lead to infections when a colony of bacterial cells rapidly reproduces in a host. place these disease - causing agents in order from those that meet the fewest criteria for living things to those that meet all the criteria for living things. start by choosing the first item in the sequence and clicking, dragging, or using your keyboard to select it. prion bacteria virus viroid
Prions are just mis - folding proteins and lack most characteristics of living things like genetic material for self - replication in a traditional sense. Viroids are only genetic material without a protective protein coat and have limited life - like features. Viruses have genetic material and some proteins but cannot reproduce on their own without a host. Bacteria are single - celled organisms that can reproduce independently and have all the basic characteristics of living things such as metabolism, growth, and reproduction.
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