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What is the difference between a pathogenic virus and a harmless one?
One of them is pathogenic ... that is, it produces disease... and the other one doesn't. The answer is more or less contained in the question. The reason one produces a disease and the other doesn't has to do with the precise details of each, and cannot be answered generally. Some viruses are pathogenic in a particular species and harmless in others; other viruses affect entire classes of organisms (for example, pretty much all mammals can get rabies).
What are Living organisms that cause disease?
Living organisms that cause disease are known as pathogens. These can include bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and prions. Pathogens can enter the body through various means and lead to infections that result in illness.
Does viruses releases harmful toxins?
Viruses themselves do not release toxins. Instead, they replicate and spread by hijacking the host cell's machinery. However, some viruses can cause infected cells to release toxins as part of the immune response, leading to symptoms of illness.
Do all organisms have DNA?
Yes. DNA is the fundamental blueprint for all life on Earth.That depends on your definition of Life.Are viruses alive? Some say yes and some say no. Some viruses have DNA, and some only have RNA. So if you consider viruses a form of life, then some do not have DNA. RNA virus examples are SARS and Hepatitis. If you don't consider viruses alive, then yes, all forms of life (that we know of) higher than a virus contains some form of DNA. You can find out more at the link below.
What is the smallest and simplest disease causing organisms?
Viruses are the smallest and simplest life form known. They are 10 to 100 times smaller than bacteria. The biggest difference between viruses and bacteria is that viruses must have a living host + Viruses are in dispute whether they are living or non-living so You can go with bacteria but actually VIRUS
What are the active viruses?
Active viruses are causing a disease at this time. Some can become dormant for a time and can be reactivated. Examples are cold sores and shingles.
Can viruses can only cause disease?
Viruses can affect animals, and some viruses can affect plants.
Bacteria and viruses that cause disease are -?
Viruses and bacteria that cause disease are known as pathogens. Some examples are herpes simplex virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Influenza is unicellular or multicellular?
Influenza is not a cell, it is a respiratory disease caused by a type of viruses, called influenza viruses. Viruses are not cells, they are sub-microscopic organisms that are non-living and disease-causing in humans, animals, and plants as well as in some bacteria.
How do pathogen such as some bacteria and viruses cause disease symptoms?
Inflicted by toxins
What is the smallest microorganism that causes infection such as chickenpox?
Chickenpox is caused by a virus. Prions are smaller disease-causing molecules. Viruses, strictly speaking, are not cellular and are not alive, but some people call them microorganisms nevertheless.
What are some causes disease?
Diseases are often caused by viruses and bacteria or genetic factors.
Can viruses only cause disease in humans?
Viruses can affect animals, and some viruses can affect plants.
Are viruses and bacteria pathogens?
They all can be, but not all bacteria ec cause disease and some are symbiotes.
Are bacteria viruses pathogens?
They all can be, but not all bacteria ec cause disease and some are symbiotes.
What is Microbe capable of causing disease?
Pathogens.
What is different between bacteria and viruses?
Bacteria are single-celled organisms that exist throughout the environment. They live in water, soil, and the air. Bacteria live in and on all animals and plants. Some cause disease, some are beneficial and some have no known impact on the animals they live on or in. Viruses are DNA or RNA, sometimes wrapped in protein coatings. They cannot survive outside a living cell. Viruses cannot reproduce on their own. They use the mechanisms of the living cells they infect to reproduce themselves and in the process they can damage or destroy those cells, causing disease to the animal or plant involved.
