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Why do viruses need the equipment of the host cell in order to reproduce?
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Why are viruses classified as non living particles?
They do not reproduce asexually or sexually. Viruses need a host like a cell in order to reproduce. In the dormant state, they are virions, and considered to be nonliving. However, in their active state, as viruses, they are considered to be living organisms.
WHY do viruses reproduce in the living cell?
to divide themselves
What do viruses require to be able to reproduce?
a host cell
ARE Viruses are a type of cell?
The type of cells that viruses live in are host cells. Viruses need host cells in order to reproduce or multiply.
Can viruses reproduce by themselves?
No. Viruses must invade a host cell and hijack its resources to replicate itself.
Are Viruses able to reproduce without using other organisms?
viruses are dormant when they are not inside a living cell. that means they don't have living characteristics when outside a living cell. they only reproduce when they are inside a living cell.
What to viruses reproduce?
a host Cell
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
Why are viruses classified as non living particles?
They do not reproduce asexually or sexually. Viruses need a host like a cell in order to reproduce. In the dormant state, they are virions, and considered to be nonliving. However, in their active state, as viruses, they are considered to be living organisms.
WHY do viruses reproduce in the living cell?
to divide themselves
What are viruses and what are cell?
Both have genetic materials.Both can reproduce.
What do viruses require to be able to reproduce?
a host cell
Why are viruses difficult to culture?
Because viruses need a live host in order to reproduce. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites. Therefore, they cannot reproduce outside their host cell, and therefore die out. They are diffcult to culture because you need something living in order to culture them in, and see the progress.
Do viruses break into bodies cells to reproduce?
Yes, that's basically what they do: they take over the cell's own ability to reproduce itself but then not to make more of that cell but to make more viruses.
What are viruses hidden in?
Cells, they reproduce by invading a cell and using its functions to make more viruses, eventually killing a cell. That's why viruses are bad, and that where they "hide".
Which microbes have to be in cells to reproduce?
Viruses must be inside cells in order to replicate. They don't really reproduce in the biological sense. Their DNA or RNA takes over a living cell and causes it to make and assemble virus parts. Eventually the cell will burst, releasing the newly replicated viruses.
Can viruses reproduce by themselves?
No. Viruses must invade a host cell and hijack its resources to replicate itself.
