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What are pathogens that need living cells in order to reproduce called?
Pathogens that need living cells in order to reproduce are called obligate intracellular parasites. These pathogens rely on a host cell's machinery to replicate and spread throughout the body. Examples include viruses and certain bacteria.
Sexual reproduction has never been observed in?
Viruses. Viruses reproduce by infecting host cells and hijacking their cellular machinery to produce more virus particles. This process does not involve the fusion of gametes or meiosis, which are key aspects of sexual reproduction.
Viruses are not classified as living organisms because they carry out no life processes except?
for reproduction. They require a host cell to reproduce and do not have the ability to carry out metabolic processes or grow on their own.
What are reasons viruses are considered non living?
Two very important reasons are growth and reproduction. Viruses do not have a way of converting potential energy, or photonic energy, into useful forms; no metabolism. Viruses can not reproduce on their own and must hijack a cell's reproductive machinery to reproduce themselves.
Non-living thing that reproduces?
Fire is a non-living thing that can be seen as reproducing under certain conditions. When a fire spreads from one area to another by igniting new fuel sources, it can be considered a form of reproduction.
What are properties of viruses?
viruses are non cellular , they have no sexual or asexual reproduction they reproduce by replication
Is reproduction a defining feature of life?
not really, bacteria and viruses can also reproduce and by definition they are not 100% alive
Can viruses reproduce by themselves?
No. Viruses must invade a host cell and hijack its resources to replicate itself.
What are pathogens that need living cells in order to reproduce called?
Pathogens that need living cells in order to reproduce are called obligate intracellular parasites. These pathogens rely on a host cell's machinery to replicate and spread throughout the body. Examples include viruses and certain bacteria.
How do viruses reproduce compared to bacteria?
Viruses replicate inside body cells, using the host cell to do the work and provide the materials for reproduction. Bacteria reproduce outside body cells and, since, unlike viruses, they are living organisms, bacteria are able to do the work and production of new bacteria without a need for a host.A description of the 'Lytic Cycle', the process that some types of viruses follow in reproduction, is given in the related questions below for more detail of the process of reproduction of some viruses inside body cells.
Can non-living things reproduce?
No, non-living things do not have the ability to reproduce. Reproduction is a biological process that involves the creation of new individuals from existing ones, and non-living things lack the necessary biological mechanisms for reproduction.
What life processes can a virus do in a living cell?
Replication of self using materials and energy of the invaded living cell ("reproduction"), along with viral mutations.
What is the difference between reproduction cycles of viruses and reproduction cycles of living things?
Viruses don't have their own metabolism so they simply can't reproduce without a cell. That's why they are obligatory parasites. Living cells, on the other hand, can channel some of their metabolic energy to reproduce themselves, without having to take over something else's metabolism to do so, like viruses invariably have to.
Sexual reproduction has never been observed in?
Viruses. Viruses reproduce by infecting host cells and hijacking their cellular machinery to produce more virus particles. This process does not involve the fusion of gametes or meiosis, which are key aspects of sexual reproduction.
Viruses are not classified as living organisms because they carry out no life processes except?
for reproduction. They require a host cell to reproduce and do not have the ability to carry out metabolic processes or grow on their own.
What is the only life function that viruses share with a cell?
The only life function that a virus shares with a cell is reproduction. Both cells and viruses reproduce in some way.
Does a virus use sexual reproduction?
Viruses cannot reproduce themselves alone. They inject their DNA into living cells of a host organism. The virus cells use the host cells to develop themselves and leave the cell when ready. Viruses are not living, so they are dependent on a living organism for reproduction.
