Are viruses eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

Question

Are viruses eukaryotic or prokaryotic?

Answer 1

Neither. Viruses are not considered to be living organisms, they have a proteinaceous structure and contain RNA, but that's about it. Eukaryotes have a defined nucleus and compartmentalized organelles, prokaryotes do not have a nucleus but they do have other kinds of organelles (such as ribosomes).

Answer 2

Viruses are neither prokaryotic or eukaryotic.  Most informed biologists do not consider viruses as living in the true sense and therefore do not classify them in the 5-kingdom, 6-kingdom, or however many kingdoms there are systems.

Answer 3

viruses are the simplest of pathogens (that cause diseases) that can be found. they are made of proteins and DNA (in case of plant viruses) or RNA (in case of animal viruses). Due to their ability to crystallization some biologist do include viruses in living organisms. that's way it is not known that they are prokaryotes or eukaryotes.

Answer 4

Viruses are complicated...

They have a Nucleus but not other organelles

And they require a host or another cell to survive

So I would say Eukaryotic

Answer 5

They actually dont qualify for either term because those are applied to bacteria.

However since viri have no nucleus and the genetic material is unconfined in them I guess they would be prokaryotes