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Short answer? Good question.
Long answer? Define alive.
Generally, it is accepted that a living thing does seven things:
1. it is organized
2. it grows
3. it reproduces
4. it responds to stimuli
5. it takes in energy and gives off waste
6. It maintains its own internal environment
7. it adapts to its environment.
Of those, viruses only do 1 and 3, and even then they only do 3 in the presence of bacteria. My answer is that no, viruses are just very complex chemicals.
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Is T4 bacteriophage a DNA or RNA virus?
DNA
Is a virus that infects bacteria called bacteriophage?
bacteriophage
Is a T4 bacteriophage virus living or non living?
Bacteriophage viruses are nonliving. They are DNA or RNA encapsulated in a protein coated capsule with recognition sites to bind to specific target sites on bacteria and insert their genetic material for viral replication or to induce changes in the bacterial genetic material.
What is the best known bacteriophage and what virus does it attack?
Bacteriophages ARE viruses that attack bacteria, making this question invalid. But if they meant to say "what bacteria does it attack?" then I would say T4 and E. Coli
When viruses infect bacteria what is it called?
A bacteriophage
What does T4 indicates in T4 bacteriophage?
the head
What type of disease does the t4 virus cause?
This type of virus is a bacteriophage. It attacks bacteria. The T4 bacteriophage attacks E. coli.
Is T4 bacteriophage a DNA or RNA virus?
DNA
Which viruses inject their DNA?
Bacteriophage T4 virus
What has the author Woo-Kul Lee written?
Woo-Kul Lee has written: 'Kinetic modeling of the adsorption of structural stability mutants of bacteriophage T4 lysozyme at solid-water interfaces' -- subject(s): Bacteriophage T4, Absorption and adsorption, Lysozyme
Which events occurs in the lytic cycle of bacteriophage T4 infection but not in the lysogenic cycle?
Digestion of host DNA.
At what point in the reproductive cycle of the T4 bacteriophage is host cell infection irreversible?
Once the viral DNA is duplicated in the cell.
What point in the reproductive cycle of the T4 bacteriophage is host cell infection irreversible?
Once the viral DNA is duplicated in the cell.
A virus that infects a bacterial cell is called?
Bacteriophage is the name given to a virus that infects bacteria. The name is frequently abbreviated to 'phage'. T4 phage is subject to a wide variety of experiments because it infects E. coli, and E. coli is one of the safer, more abundant and best understood bacteria to study.
Is a virus that infects bacteria called bacteriophage?
bacteriophage
What does a spacecraft look like?
Spacecraft virus looks like the Lunar Lander used in the Apollo Missions. Viruses of this type are called phages. The typical "Spacecraft virus" that you see illustrated in textbooks is typically a T4 Bacteriophage, also called "Enterobacteria Phage T4"
Is a T4 bacteriophage virus living or non living?
Bacteriophage viruses are nonliving. They are DNA or RNA encapsulated in a protein coated capsule with recognition sites to bind to specific target sites on bacteria and insert their genetic material for viral replication or to induce changes in the bacterial genetic material.
