Do viruses reproduce

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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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Hope this helps

A.t

Answer 7

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).

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

Viruses reproduce by infecting host cells and taking over their machinery to produce new viral particles. They cannot reproduce on their own and rely on host cells to replicate.