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No, they dont, they can infect plants and bacteria too.
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Why most viruses that infect bacteria have tails whereas most viruses that infect animals and plants do not?
they have tails so they can penetrate through the cell walls of bacteria
Why could a virus not infect another virus?
Viruses only infect living organisms and since they are not alive, they can not infect other viruses. The question is interesting though.
What are the viruses the infect bacteria called?
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria.
How do you infect others computers with viruses?
YOU don't infect other computers with viruses.
Why do viruses typically affect only one or a few species?
Viruses attack animals, plants, fungi, protists, and bacteria. Some viruses can infect only specific kinds of cells. For instance, many viruses, such as the potato leaf-roll virus, are limited to one host species or to one type of tissue within that species. A few viruses affect a broad range of hosts. An example of this is the rabies virus. Rabies can infect humans and many other animal hosts.
Do plant viruses only infect plant species that have RNA?
snow leopards
Can plant virus infect animals?
Viruses only target certain host cells that contains the complementary receptor, and since plant cells and animals cells differ. Virals found in plants may not effect animals if animals do not contain the same host cells. However, viruses mutate rapidly, so there could be a chance....
What are the harmful effects of human viruses?
Viruses are parasitic, they can infect plants, animals, and bacteria, and the can cause serious or not too serious diseases.They also infect specific tissue in the human body and cause disturbances in this organ such as flu virus
Are viruses general or specific to the cells that they infect?
viruses are specific to the cells they infect called host cells
What does Caulimoviridae infect?
Caulimoviridea are retro viruses that infect plants.
What do viruses that cause physical diseases infect?
It depends on what kind of virus. Viruses can infect any cell in the human body. Viruses such as HIV infect the immune system; air-born viruses, such as H1N1 or a cold, infect the respiratory system; neurological viruses, like rabies infect the brain (the virus is usually carried to it by peripheral nerves); and viruses like polio effect the nervous system, which can create paralysis.
What did the first viruses do?
Infect cells.
