viroids

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006714",
  "term": "viroids",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A group of pathogens comprising the smallest known agents of infectious disease. They are unencapsulated and are capable of replicating autonomously in susceptible cells. Positively identified viroids composed of single-stranded RNA have been isolated from higher plants, but the existence of DNA viroids pathogenic to animals is suspected.",
  "subject": "Taxonomic Hierarchy",
  "see_also": [
    "Viruses and Viroids",
    "Avsunviroidae",
    "Pospiviroidae",
    "viruses",
    "plant pathogens",
    "animal pathogens"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "viroides"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/viroids/"
}