Are viruses carnivore omnivores or herbivores?

Answer 1

If I had to pick one, I'd say heterotrophic, but really they're not any of the above.

Autotrophic (which includes hemosynthetic) and heterotrophic describe where a living thing gets its energy. Viruses aren't really living things. Also, they don't produce their own energy.

Let's take poliovirus as an example. It consists of genetic material (RNA) inside a capside (a shell made of protein). It just floats until it binds to a receptor, gets taken up by a cell, and releases its RNA into the cell. All of this is done with the cell's energy. Then it uses the cell's supplies of molecules, machinery, and energy to replicate, making more copies of itself. It never actually produces ATP energy.

Answer 2

No, b/c they arent living. It is really complicated but viruses arent living, they dont need anything to live and they dont make wastes.

Answer 3

No, viruses are not alive. Therefore, they do not eat.

Answer 4

These terms are not applicable to viruses as viruses neither eat nor make food .

Answer 5

Nope.