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Select the wrong statement:

  1. A
    Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in human being are caused by viruses
  2. B
    The viroids were discovered by D.J. Ivanowski
  3. C
    W.M. Stanley showed that viruses could be crystallized
  4. D
    The term 'contagium vivum fluidum' was coined by M.W. Beijerinek

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Viroids were discovered by T.O. Diener in 1971. Ivanowski discovered viruses (Tobacco Mosaic Virus).

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Select the wrong statement:
A
Mosaic disease in tobacco and AIDS in human being are caused by viruses
B
The viroids were discovered by D.J. Ivanowski
C
W.M. Stanley showed that viruses could be crystallized
D
The term 'contagium vivum fluidum' was coined by M.W. Beijerinek

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