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Yes. Like all other life, they fit the criteria: life must:

use energy

grow and develop

reproduce

respond to surroundings

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9y ago

Yes. They reproduce, require nutrients to survive, and have genetic material. A virus, which is not a bacteria, is not considered a living thing.

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10y ago

The proper biological term you want to use here is organism, which colloquially can mean "a living thing." And bacteria are indeed organisms.

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14y ago

Bacteria are considered living because they eat, reproduce, and have DNA. Viruses however do not technically exist because although they do reproduce, they do not have DNA.

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11y ago

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