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Virus can not be termed as a living thing or organism. Viruses can not replicate themselves, they are dependent on its host. The only similarity is it contain genetic material such as DNA or RNA like living things which codes for its proteins.
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∙ 12y agoit is that virus which is in the host living cell and parasitic to all living organisms
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What is a parasite bacteria or virus?
A parasite is an organism that lives in or on another organism (the host) and benefits from the relationship at the expense of the host. Bacteria and viruses can both be parasites, depending on their interactions with the host organism.
What is a Living organism within a virus called?
There is no such thing. viruses are so very small that a living thing could not live inside one. But a virus inside a living thing could be called latent if it is not causing a disease or active if it is.
Is rhinovirus a living thing?
Mostly No. A rhinovirus is a type of virus. A virus does not completely fit the accepted definition of a living entity.
Why is a virus particle not considered a living thing?
no metabolism
What is a living thing that provides energy for a virus?
A virus is a parasite that relies on a host cell for energy. It cannot produce its own energy and instead hijacks the metabolic processes of the host cell to replicate itself.
A is not a living thing it is made of genetic material inside a protein coat?
Virus
Which of these are not a living organism earthworm ecoli virus sea cucumber?
Of all these things, the virus is the only non-living thing. Viruses are not living organisms. E.coli is a bacteria and living.
What living thing provides energy for a virus or an organism?
parasites
What do you call a living thing that a virus or parasite lives on?
A host.
Virus is living or nonliving?
A virus is considered non-living. It does not have all the characteristics of a living thing unlike bacteria. Viruses need living cells to reproduce while any living things can reproduce (asexually or not).
Is flu virus a living thing or non-living ting?
The flu virus is considered a non-living thing. It is a microscopic particle that requires a host cell to replicate and survive.
Can chlorine reproduce?
No, chlorine is a chemical element, not a living thing or virus.
