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Infectious microorganisms that exist as a particle rather than one complete cell and are not capable or reproducing outside of a host cell are?
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A virus is a small infectious microorganism that exists as a particle rather than a complete cell that is not capable of reproducing outside of a host cell. A virus only reproduces inside of other living cells in other organisms.
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Infectious microorganisms that exist as a particle rather than one complete cell and are not capable of reproducing outside the host cell?
Viruses
What is a small non-living infectious particle?
A virus or a prion.
Which type of microrganisim is the smallest?
A prion is a small infectious particle that contains a misfolded protein. These contain no DNA or RNA. These cause Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Scrapie in sheep and Kuru. These are deadly and progressive nerve wasting diseases.A plant pathologist discovered an infectious RNA particle smaller than a virus that causes diseases in plants. He called it a viroid. Millions each year are lost by these viroids. These contain only RNA.These two are the smallest infectious particles. They are not called microorganisms because they are not alive any more than viruses are.
What is the infectious Particle that contains nucleic acids and is surounded by proteins?
A virus
Any organism or particle that can cause an infectious disease is called a?
Pathogen.
An Infectious particle made up of protein rather then DNA or RNA?
Prion
Why is 0.5 micron particle size reference used in the classification of clean rooms?
BECAUSE MOST INFECTIOUS BACTERIA ARE OF THIS SIZE BECAUSE MOST INFECTIOUS BACTERIA ARE OF THIS SIZE
What is engulfing a particle called?
When a cell engulfs a particle, it is called phagocytosis. Certain white blood cells phagocytize and digest infectious particles like bacteria to kill them.
What is the advantage of particle immunoassays?
This allows rapid and sensitive detection of antibodies that are markers of such diseases, as infectious mononucleosis and rheumatoid arthritis
What is an RNA particle that causes disease?
A plant pathologist discovered an infectious RNA particle smaller than a virus that causes diseases in plants. He called it a viroid. Millions each year are lost by these viroids. These contain only RNA.
If atom are smallest particle than why atom bomb are getting blast?
Atoms are NOT the smallest particle- they are the smallest COMPLETE particle. In an atomic reaction, the atoms are broken apart, and release energy.
What one of these is an infectious protein?
They are called Prion. This is the definition I fount at wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn: "an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system".
