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What non living thing infects prokaryote?

Prokaryotes can be infected by viruses.


What organisms do aids infect usually?

HIV infects only humans. There are similar viruses that affect other species.


What is the causative organism of ascariasis?

The causative organism of ascariasis is Ascaris lumbricoides. it is an endoparasite of the small intestine of human beings but also infects pigs and cattles.


What is another name of transgenic organism?

viruses


Which is different between bacteria and viruses that shows that bacteria are living organisms and viruses are not?

Viruses require a living organism to do anything - most especially to reproduce.

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Why do viruses infect living organisms?

Because the living organism has to replicate the DNA that the virus infects the host with. It can't do this if it is a dead organism.


Is Ebola a disease that is named for the organism that it infects?

No. Ebola is a river n the Congo where the diseas was first identified.


What non living thing infects prokaryote?

Prokaryotes can be infected by viruses.


Viruses that infect bacteria are called?

the virus that infects bacteria is bacteriophage


What are viruses that infect bacteria called?

the virus that infects bacteria is bacteriophage


Can viruses or bugs corrupt HTML?

Only if it infects the main server that the site is on.


Why are computer viruses call viruses?

It's about the same thing as a human virus (in other word's it infects the victim,and in this case it's the computer)


What is a virus that is named for what it infects?

swine flu- affects pigs


What are viruses not named by?

Since viruses are not alive, they are not named by a genus or a species.


Do viruses meet their qualification?

Viruses do not meet their qualifications to be a living organism.


How are viruses different to living organism?

They are Different because Viruses are nonliving.


Why are most viruses highly specific to cells they infects?

viruses must bind precisely to proteins on the cell surface and than use a hosts genetic system, this is why most viruses are highly specific to the cells they infect