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.
Viruses only infect living organisms and since they are not alive, they can not infect other viruses. The question is interesting though.
Yes, there are beneficial viruses known as bacteriophages that can help control harmful bacteria in the environment and in living organisms. Bacteriophages are viruses that specifically infect and kill bacteria, which can be used in medicine, agriculture, and environmental cleanup.
Viruses can only live in living organisms (viruses themselves are not actually living). They might infect cells in our body, such as throat cells (infection of throat cells causes sore throat).
A person who studies viruses is called a virologist. Virologists study the structure, evolution, and behavior of viruses to understand how they infect living organisms and cause diseases.
they studied viruses and nonliving particles smaller than a cell that may infect living organisms.
Viruses are the intermediate organisms that can only reproduce in living cells since they lack the cellular machinery necessary for replication. They infect a host cell, take over the cell's machinery to replicate, and then release new viruses to infect other cells.
viruses are non living and bacteria are living organisms
Viruses are considered nonliving because they cannot carry out essential life processes on their own, such as metabolism and reproduction. They need to infect a host cell to replicate and can't reproduce independently.
Viruses. Viruses are not considered living organisms, but they can replicate and reproduce inside living host cells by hijacking the cell's machinery. This process leads to the production of new virus particles, which can then infect other cells.
Part of the definition of a living thing is that it can reproduce itself, which a virus can't do. Bacteria reproduce like any other cellular organism: by cellular division. Viruses, however, can not reproduce themselves. Instead, they infect other cells and force those to make more viruses.
Viruses are placed in a separate group because they are not considered living organisms. They lack the ability to carry out metabolism or reproduce on their own, and they must infect host cells in order to replicate. This distinguishes them from other organisms classified in the biological system.
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria.