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They inject their DNA which infuses with a cell's DNA and tells the cell to start creating more viruses.

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How do viruses affect cells and bacteria?

viruses latch onto a host cell and injects its own DNA into it, this DNA controls the cell and makes it produce more viruses inside the cell, when these are ready the burst out of the host cell killing it, and land on another cell


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Is there anything that does not contain DNA?

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Are DNA genomes found in all organisms and viruses?

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Can viruses can only cause disease?

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What genetic material is in both viruses and bacteria?

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What are two types of virisus?

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What are viruses genetic materia?

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What is one property of viruses that make it to cure viral infections?

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What is the difference between DNA viruses and RNA viruses?

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