Multiple choice

They did not find a place in whittakers classification since they are not truly living. They are

  1. Viruses

  2. Bacteria

  3. Both

  4. None

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A Correct answer
Explanation

Viruses are considered to be on the borderline between living and non-living because they lack metabolic machinery and cannot reproduce outside a host cell, so they were excluded from Whittaker's classification.