stackyFACTSViruses at least have the absolute decency to wear a protective protein coat, but viroids just show up completely bare. These microscopic vandals are merely looping strands of naked RNA that infect crops and severely stunt their growth by selfishly hijacking all the available cellular enzymes.
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