What is different between viruses and bacteria? a. Viruses are typically smaller than bacteria b. Viruses cannot reproduce on their own, while bacteria can c. Bacteria have cell membranes while viruses do not d. Bacteria can be eliminated by antibiotics, while viruses cannot be e. All of the above

What is different between viruses and bacteria? a. Viruses are typically smaller than bacteria b. Viruses cannot reproduce on their own, while bacteria can c. Bacteria have cell membranes while viruses do not d. Bacteria can be eliminated by antibiotics, while viruses cannot be e. All of the above

Concepts of Biology

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Chapter17: The Immune System And Disease

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 4RQ: Which statement is true? a. A virion contains DNA and RNA. b. Viruses are acellular. c. Viruses...

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Virus

Viruses are infectious microscopic agents that can only reproduce in live cells of animals, plants, or microbes and are smaller than bacteria. Vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, protists, and fungi are among their many hosts. Viruses are unable to multiply on their own due to the lack of necessary cellular machinery, but they can guide the cell machinery of a host to make additional viruses by infection. The virus enters and attaches to a particular host cell, injects its genetic material, and reproduces by using the host’s genetic material. Viruses cause infection by taking entry into the host cell and using the host cell’s enzymes and raw materials to multiply.

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What is different between viruses and bacteria?

	a.	Viruses are typically smaller than bacteria
	b.	Viruses cannot reproduce on their own, while bacteria can
	c.	Bacteria have cell membranes while viruses do not
	d.	Bacteria can be eliminated by antibiotics, while viruses cannot be
	e.	All of the above

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