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All bacteria use their own ribosomes for protein synthesis while all viruses have to use their hosts' ribosomes. All bacteria have their own energy generation mechanisms (cellular respiration or photosynthesis) while all viruses have no intrinsic energy generation mechanisms.
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What is another name for bacteria and viruses that cause disease?
pathogen
Why cant you use antibiotics to kill virus but bacteria can be killed by antibiotics?
Because bacteria and viruses are two completely different things. Antibiotics - as their name implies - will kill bacteria, but antibiotics simply have no effect on viruses.
Name three of the possible forms pathogens can take?
bacteria, viruses, and fungi.
What is the name of the study of bacteria and viruses?
study of virus is virology and becteria i think it is microbiology
What is influenza bacterium or virus?
It is a type of bacteria that can cause pneumonia. Although the name sounds like influenza, it is unrelated to the flu, which is caused by viruses and not bacteria.
What is haemophilus influenzae b?
It is a type of bacteria that can cause pneumonia. Although the name sounds like influenza, it is unrelated to the flu, which is caused by viruses and not bacteria.
Some viruses are only able to infect bacteria What is the name of a bacteria-infecting virus?
bacteriophage, your welcome everyone cheating on Study Island. C:
Name 2 future that all bacteria share?
The two features that all the bacteria share is that they reproduce by fission and they consist of one cell.
Which is the smallest out of yeast or viruses or bacteria?
Viruses are, by far, the smallest. Bacteria and yeast cells have a complete cell structure, including the nucleus and all of the other parts of a cell. Viruses don't, so they have to inject their 'material' (I don't remember the name of the inside the virus) into the 'host' cell and force it to duplicate the viruses, which kills the host cell.
What is another name for a bacteriophage?
You can break the word into: Bacterio+Phagein Bacterio=Bacteria Phagein(greek)=to eat Bacteriophages are viruses that consume bacteria. ie. Their host cells are bacteria.
Scientific name for bacteriophage?
The scientific name for bacteriophage is "virulent bacteriophage" or "bacterial virus." Bacteriophages are viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria cells.
Which microbe can be killed by antibiotics?
A microbe is basically something you that can only be viewed under the microscope. As a virus is a microbe, you have your answer. Viruses infect a cell, then force it to make copies of itelf until the cell dies. Because of this, antibiotics for them are incredibly hard to make, because to kill the viruses inside the infected cell, the cell too must be destroyed.
