Consider the following :
- 1.Bacteria
- 2.Fungi
- 3.Virus
Which of the above can be cultured in artificial/synthetic medium?
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Answer: A. Bacteria and fungi can grow on artificial nutrient media like agar. Viruses cannot reproduce on their own; they need living host cells, so they cannot be grown on a synthetic medium. So 1 and 2.
Watch for: Viruses are grown in labs, but only inside living cells or eggs, not on plain media.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because viruses cannot be grown on artificial media.
- C. Wrong because viruses need living cells to grow.
- D. Wrong because viruses cannot be grown on artificial media.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11 Biology, Chapter 2 Biological Classification (Viruses)
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