The protein coat that encloses the genetic material of a virus is called the

Explanation

The capsid is the complete protein shell around the viral nucleic acid, and it protects the genome and helps the virus attach to the host cell. A capsomere is only one of the repeating protein subunits from which that shell is assembled, so it is a part and not the whole. The envelope is an extra lipid layer present only in some viruses, and a nucleoid is the DNA region of a prokaryotic cell.