Are virus living things

Answer 1

Howdy fellow user!

Viruses are quite unusual when you try to categorise them in that way.

From what I have learned, viruses are usually not alive when outside their host, like, a flu virus sitting on a table. But, when the person touches the virus-infested table and rubs their face with that very hand, the virus gets inside them by infecting the respiratory epithelial cells, their favourite host cells. They soon start pumping put copies of themselves as if they are 'alive'.

Overall, they are obligate intracellular parasites, i.e., they need the perfect host to become 'alive' since the host has all the machinery needed to make the proteins and replicate the genome.

I hope this answer was helpful for you! 😄

Answer 2

No. Life is defined in science with certain criteria. Some lists are slightly different, but a universal point of definition is that something living requires metabolism (the ability to create it's own energy).

Virus are non living. They do not have organelles.

Answer 3

it is called non living when it is present outside the host living cell and it is called living when it is present in the living cell

Answer 4

They can be considered as a living organism because they have life cycles, and virions that are different in size, and shape and they are considered as the most numerous life-forms on Earth.

Answer 5

According to the Kingdoms of Life, viruses are living organisms. Viruses consist of Bacteria, and bacteria is alive, therefore viruses are alive.

Answer 6

Yes a virus is alive