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What is the term for a virus particle that does not have a host?
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A Virion.
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Why is a virus not considered to be a unicellular organism?
Virus is not cellular. It does not have cells, nor is it made from one cell.Virus is not an organism. It is not alive and cannot considered an organism.It is mainly because it can not reproduce itself, its multiplication solely depend on the host. So no host=no virus! which also means virus is not an organism, but just an infectious agent or particle.
What term is used to describe the way a virus is passed a host organism?
vectoring is the right answer
Does a virus need a crystal or a host to reproduce?
the virus needs the host to reproduce!! : )
What energy does the flu virus use?
It uses the energy of a host cell, in a sort of parasitic way. A virus is non-living, although it is a well structured organism able to reproduce and cause things to happen. To do these things, it does not generate or use its own power or energy. Instead, it invades a living host (a plant, animal or human) and attaches a virus particle into a cell and makes that living cell of the host to which it has attached change its operations from working for the host to working for the virus. The cell begins to create duplicates of the virus particles. It does this because once the virus has attached itself, it adds part of its own DNA or RNA instructions into the cell which turns the cell into a virus-making factory. The cell's original DNA is no longer giving the instructions to the cell and so it is no longer doing what it is supposed to for the host and eventually dies when it bursts open to release the virus "babies". This is what makes us get sick if enough of our cells are pulled off their usual jobs by the virus and made to do other things and then die. All the energy that is needed to reproduce the virus is supplied by the host cell, and as it produces new virus particles those "offspring" attach to more cells and the process repeats cell by cell particle by particle as it moves through our bodies and attaches to more cells. Eventually (hopefully) our body's immune system learns the key to turning the virus off (or "killing" it). If too many of our cells are diverted before the immune system figures out how to attack the virus to stop it, then we can have organ and system failures and that is how we get very ill or even die.
Does the host cell usually benefit from having a virus?
The host cell does not benefit from having a virus. The virus usually kills it.
What is virion?
A virion is an entire virus particle. It is the complete form of a virus with an outer protein shell, an inner core of DNA or RNA, and a capsid.
What is it called when a virus attached to host cell injects its nucleic acid into the host cell then makes more viruses?
Attachment, or adsorption, occurs between the virus and the host cell membrane. A hole forms in the cell membrane, then the virus particle or its genetic contents are released into the host cell, where viral reproduction may begin.
A microscopic particle that invades a cell and often destoys it?
The answer to this question is a virus!a virus is what causes you to get a flu and other sicknesses. Remember, a virus is NOT A LIVING ORGANISM! There for, it needs a host cell to reproduce and get nutrients.
What term is described the way a virus is passes to a host organism?
vectoring is the right answer
What term is used to describe the virus is passed to a host organism?
vectoring is the right answer
What term is used to describe the way a virus is to a host organism?
vectoring is the right answer
Why is a virus not considered to be a unicellular organism?
Virus is not cellular. It does not have cells, nor is it made from one cell.Virus is not an organism. It is not alive and cannot considered an organism.It is mainly because it can not reproduce itself, its multiplication solely depend on the host. So no host=no virus! which also means virus is not an organism, but just an infectious agent or particle.
Infectious microorganisms that exist as a particle rather than one complete cell and are not capable or reproducing outside of a host cell are?
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.
What term used to describe the way a virus is passed to a host organism?
vectoring is the right answer
What term is used to describ the way a virus is passed to host organism?
vectoring is the right answer
What is the term used to describe the way a virus is passed to a host organism?
vectoring is the right answer
What term is used too describe the way a virus is passed to a host organism?
Pasteurization
