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What type of microorganism can only grow and reproduce in host cells?
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Viruses.(although they aren't completely clarified as living beings)
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The process of entrance and growth of a microorganism or virus in the host is called?
infection
Do viruses only reproduce inside living things?
A Virus must invade a host cell in order to reproduce. What people commonly mix up with them is bacteria which has no need to
What is the relationship between a virus and a host?
Virus require a host to carry out the most of the characteristics of living organisms. In almost cases, viruses require a host to reproduce (by hijacking the cells of the host and using its DNA to make copies of itself) and also receive the bulk of their energy from the host.
Sentence with host cell?
A cell can be reproduce by a host cell
What organism that can reproduce only inside a host cell?
viruses can only reproduce in living cells by injecting their own dna into the nucleus
What can grow and reproduce without a live host?
It is bacteria that can grow and reproduce without a live host
What does a virus do to its host cell?
virus want to the enzymes of their host cell for grow and reproduction so it take many enzymes which want o the host cell.
Viruses can reproduce only inside what?
host cells!
What are infected cells called?
Infected cells are typically referred to as host cells that have been invaded by a virus, bacteria, or other microorganism.
Do viruses reproduce inside host cells causing them to burst?
true
Do viruses grow on dead cells?
Viruses that enter a cell do not die. A virus cannot reproduce on its own so it needs to find a cell in which to live. After the virus is done reproducing, most host cells die.
Microorganism that springs to life only when it invades cells of another life form?
A microorganism that invades others cells is called a virus. Technically a virus is non-living. It uses the nucleus and its functions of its host cell to keep itself "alive".
The malaria causing protists plasmodium infects cells of the?
The cells of the host's liver, spleen and the erythrocytes in the blood (where they reproduce).
Why would viruses not grow on milk?
Viruses do not grow because they are not alive. They can reproduce, but only inside a host cell.
Does virus reproduce artificially?
Viruses must be produced in a host cell. They can be produced in vitro (in glass) if there are host cells in there first.
Why it is difficult to isolate drugs effective against eukaryotic microorganisms and viruses?
To find defenses against a eukaryotic microorganism is difficult because we are eukaryotic organisms and any attack on the cell of the microorganism can be an attack against our own cells. This requires a subtle approach. Viruses have no metabolism, are not really living and do not reproduce without a host. So, they leave little open to attack in their simplicity.
What is a host cell for a virus?
Host cells of viruses include human and other animals, and plants and fungi. Also bacteria and protozoa and algae are host cells of viruses.
