I don't know the exact answer, but I think they don't, on the other hand scientists say they do. I don't know the exact answer, but I think they don't, on the other hand scientists say they do.
They must have a living host to reproduce/replicate since they are not living organisms themselves. They cause the cells to stop their usual jobs and start producing many copies of the virus using the host's energy and raw materials. The virus inserts pieces of their DNA/RNA in the host cell to "hijack" the cell and make it do the work of the replication.
No, viruses cannot respire on their own; they need to 'utilize' the host Cell's metabolic machinery to metabolize.
Viruses are considered dead (i. e. not quite Alive) because they possess very few of the functions of a living Cell.
Yes, but viruses need another product to reproduce. The viruses injects it DNA into living cell and viral DNA then directs the cell to make material for the viruses covering. The viral DNA make more viral DNA. Many new viruses are thus formed.
Yes, but they have to take over a host cell to achieve this.
Viruses do not have lungs, therefore, they do not breathe. A breathing is used to exchange respiratory gases needed for an organism to survive. Since a virus is a DNA/protein fragment, it does not breathe, or have the proper organs to breathe.
No viruses cannot respire - well they cant respire on their own , they would need a host cell to respire , in which anaerobic and aerobic respiration can occur . Same way with the reproduction of viruses - they would need other host cells
Viruses are considered dead by some people because they dont tend to have ALL the living functions of a cell .
so yes and no - viruses can ONLY respire if it has a suitable host cell
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No. Viruses do not have a metabolism.
OK, that's like saying that a seed doesn't use oxygen -- which is true, as long as the seed isn't watered. While reproducing in the cell, the virus uses energy (that is, it causes oxygen to be used).
No. Viruses do not have the ability to respire on their own. They need to use the mitochondria of their host cells in order to use the process of respiration of the cell they have invaded. So, in other words,you could say that viruses "borrow" the respiratory ability of a cell, and that can be aerobic or anerobic, with or without oxygen.
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.
There are no male and female viruses. Viruses do not reproduce sexually and so do not have gender.
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.
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.
they reproduce independentlyThis is a false statement as viruses need a host cell and it's replicative machinery to reproduce their genetic material.
viruses do not grow, and viruses do not respond to changes in their environment. Therefore, viruses are not living organisms. All living things reproduce, but Viruses need living cells to reproduce because Viruses cannot reproduce by themselves.
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.
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Viruses can reproduce only inside a cell of living organisms. Viruses are sometimes considered non-living structures because they lack cells.
viruses are non cellular , they have no sexual or asexual reproduction they reproduce by replication
All viruses do that. That's what makes a virus a virus.
They can reproduce.
Viruses depend on living cells because they reproduce inside of them.
There are no male and female viruses. Viruses do not reproduce sexually and so do not have gender.
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