Which of the following characteristics is common to many of the viruses that infect archaeal cells and distinguishes them from the phages that infect bacteria.

A) They release mature virions without lysing the host cell.
B) Their viral genomes are very high in AT basepairs.
C) Their viral genomes are linear.
D) Their viral genomes are composed of double-stranded RNA.
E) Their virions are composed of icosahedral capsids.