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Unlike organisms, viruses are not cellular, nor do they have ribosomes or any other organelles for protein production, energy generation, etc. They cannot capture or store free energy but can only use energy derived from their host. Also, viruses can only reproduce via the host and not on their own.
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What is the largest cell number in viruses?
viruses are unicellular organisms
Are viruses nonliving?
Active (non-killed) viruses are living organisms.
How viruses unlike living things?
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Viruses unlike bacteria are not composed of?
CELLS :)
Unlike lytic viruses lysogenic viruses do what?
lyse the host cell right away
How do viruses and cellular organisms differ?
Viruses are not classified as living, while cellular organisms are. Viruses are essentially a protein case with mRNA inside. Cells are far more complicated.
What are the differances viruses and bacteria?
viruses are non living and bacteria are living organisms
How are real viruses unlike computer viruses?
a computer virues afects your computer and a virues afects you
Why scientist believe that virus are not living organisms?
viruses do not grow, and viruses do not respond to changes in their environment. Therefore, viruses are not living organisms. All living things reproduce, but Viruses need living cells to reproduce because Viruses cannot reproduce by themselves.
What are 'prokaryotic organisms' What are some examples?
Bacteria and viruses are examples of prokaryotic organisms.
Why viruses are difficult to classify as living organisms?
It is because viruses are not made up of cells
Is it true that viruses have complex membranes that control what moves in and out of their cells?
Viruses do not have complex membranes like eukaryotic organisms have. Viruses also do not have cells, nor are they technically living organisms. There is no need for viruses to control the movement of material in and out of the viral particles.
