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How do viruses and bacteria differ?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The 5 Kingdoms in Biology provide categories for all living things. They are:

  • Plants
  • Animals
  • Bacteria
  • Fungi
  • Prokaryotes

Viruses have to have a host cell (or an 'invaded' cell) to survive, so scientists don't class them as a living organism.

Viruses are different from all bacteria.

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