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Can viruses reproduce by themselves?
No. Viruses must invade a host cell and hijack its resources to replicate itself.
Are viruses general or specific to the cells that they infect?
viruses are specific to the cells they infect called host cells
Why could a virus not infect another virus?
Viruses only infect living organisms and since they are not alive, they can not infect other viruses. The question is interesting though.
Do viruses infect fungi?
Yes. Mycoviruses are viruses that infect certain fungi including mushrooms/toadstools, moulds like penicillin, and mycorrhizae. They can therefore affect production of edible mushrooms, penicillin and plants that benefit from useful symbiotic relationships with mycorrhizal fungi on their roots.
When viruses infect bacteria what is it called?
A bacteriophage
What does Caulimoviridae infect?
Caulimoviridea are retro viruses that infect plants.
Do viruses only infect only animals?
No, they dont, they can infect plants and bacteria too.
What is piggybacking?
While worms do not need another program to attach themselves to, viruses do. Piggybacking refers to the way that viruses infect or attach themselves to legitimate programs or documents to sneak onto your computer and attempt to infect it.
What are the viruses the infect bacteria called?
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria.
How do you infect others computers with viruses?
YOU don't infect other computers with viruses.
Can viruses reproduce by themselves?
No. Viruses must invade a host cell and hijack its resources to replicate itself.
Are viruses general or specific to the cells that they infect?
viruses are specific to the cells they infect called host cells
What do viruses that cause physical diseases infect?
It depends on what kind of virus. Viruses can infect any cell in the human body. Viruses such as HIV infect the immune system; air-born viruses, such as H1N1 or a cold, infect the respiratory system; neurological viruses, like rabies infect the brain (the virus is usually carried to it by peripheral nerves); and viruses like polio effect the nervous system, which can create paralysis.
Why could a virus not infect another virus?
Viruses only infect living organisms and since they are not alive, they can not infect other viruses. The question is interesting though.
What is Marco virus?
Marco Viruses are viruses that are 'embedded' in word documents , spreadsheets, etc. Unlike normal viruses they don't copy themselves into/onto various files in your computer. They will only infect you if you open the document...
What did the first viruses do?
Infect cells.
Is there any specific name for a helpful virus?
No. Any and all viruses are parasitic. There may not be any helpful viruses, but there are certainly a large quantity of harmless viruses, which doesn't infect humans, but rather specific animals or plants.
