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This is what makes them not completely living. Bacteria and fungi can, as they are living organisms
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WHY do viruses reproduce in the living cell?
to divide themselves
How are bacteria different from viruses?
viruses are not alive. APEX
Does a virus use sexual reproduction?
Viruses cannot reproduce themselves alone. They inject their DNA into living cells of a host organism. The virus cells use the host cells to develop themselves and leave the cell when ready. Viruses are not living, so they are dependent on a living organism for reproduction.
What are two reasons that viruses are considered non living?
Some argue that viruses are not living organisms because they can only replicate themselves by infecting a host cell and therefore cannot reproduce on their own. And also viruses do not metabolize on their own.
What does a host cell provide a virus?
A way of replicating itself. Viruses can not replicate themselves because they are, basically, genetic material covered in a protein capsid. So, they must enter a living cell, hijack the reproductive process of the cell and have the cell turn out copies of the viruses genetic material and protein capsid. Then the viruses manufactured in the cell causes lysis of the cell and the viruses emerge to infect more cells. A simplified expexplanation of the lytic cycle.
Are Viruses able to reproduce without using other organisms?
viruses are dormant when they are not inside a living cell. that means they don't have living characteristics when outside a living cell. they only reproduce when they are inside a living cell.
WHY do viruses reproduce in the living cell?
to divide themselves
How are bacteria different from viruses?
viruses are not alive. APEX
Does a virus use sexual reproduction?
Viruses cannot reproduce themselves alone. They inject their DNA into living cells of a host organism. The virus cells use the host cells to develop themselves and leave the cell when ready. Viruses are not living, so they are dependent on a living organism for reproduction.
Why are viruses difficult to place in the category of living things?
Viruses are technically not living because they cannot reproduce without a host cell, they cannot move on their own, and they have no organeles.
Can parasites and virus grow in food?
no. . . Because parasites and viruses can only grow on living matters... There may be saprophytes and bacteria growing in your food. . . Even parasites and viruses can be there but can not grow. .
Why viruses are considered as parasites?
They are obligate paracites.They cannot multiply without another living cell
Do viruses only reproduce within one cell?
Virus cannot replicate themselves. They should enter a living cell
What is the difference between reproduction cycles of viruses and reproduction cycles of living things?
Viruses don't have their own metabolism so they simply can't reproduce without a cell. That's why they are obligatory parasites. Living cells, on the other hand, can channel some of their metabolic energy to reproduce themselves, without having to take over something else's metabolism to do so, like viruses invariably have to.
Why can't we classify a virus as a living thing?
Viruses are not living things. Viruses are complicated assemblies of molecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and carbohydrates, but on their own they can do nothing until they enter a living cell. Without cells, viruses would not be able to multiply. Therefore, viruses are not living things.
Why do people sometimes say that viruses lack independent replication?
Viruses can not replicate without a living host cell. This is one reason that they are not considered to be alive.
How are viruses like non living things?
Viruses are not alive. They are infectious particles. They hijack a living cell's DNA and force it to make viruses parts instead of living cell parts. The cell is made to assemble to parts and the new viruses bust out of the cell, killing it, and infect more cells.
