Virus are an exception to cell theory. Because of the following reasons
1. The viruses are non-cellular organism that are characterized by having an inert crystalline structure outside the cell.
2. Once they infect a cell they take over the machinery of the host cell to replicate themselves, killing the host.
So, the correct answer is 'Virus'.
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