A nucleic acid (DNA, or in the case of retroviruses: RNA) based information storage method.
Use of enzymes and proteins in general.
Evolution.
Thermodynamically they are open systems with processes going in the direction of reducing enthropy.
Viruses depend on living cells because they reproduce inside of them.
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They have genetic material and they reproduce.
viruses are nonliving things. but they need living things to reproduces. so live
Bacteria and viruses are small and can only be seen through a microscope. The small living things are microorganisms or microbes. Some people do not think viruses are living things because they are acellular particles. They consider them to be an organic structure that interacts with living organisms.
Viruses are things that spread and contain germs. An Organism is a living thing.
Viruses are things that spread and contain germs. An Organism is a living thing.
They reproduce.
Viruses are not living things. Viruses are complicated assemblies of molecules, including proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and carbohydrates, but on their own they can do nothing until they enter a living cell. Without cells, viruses would not be able to multiply. Therefore, viruses are not living things.
Viruses aren't living, and are the only non-living organisms, and bacteria are prokaryotes, meaning they don't have a defined nucleus.
Viruses have some, but not all, of the characteristics of living things.
All living things need energy, respond to the environment, and have the ability to reproduce.