(Solved) What is the difference between viruses and bacteria?

jujubes

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11 years ago

What is the difference between viruses and bacteria?

I don't understand the differences between a virus and bacteria. They both cause diseases, so what is the difference?

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ritamonteiro

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11 years ago

the thing i know is that virus isn't a living thing while bacteria is a living thing ! : D

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datboililp

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11 years ago

Use Google dude....It is your friend...

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datha

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11 years ago

current science does not categorize viruses as being "alive", but bacteria is. that's one major difference. then they are different structurally; virus lacks many cellular apparatus and organelles that bacs possess.

http://serc.carleton.edu/microbelife/yellowstone/viruslive.html

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also, the answer below mine contains an error in the first paragraph, viruses can have both double-stranded DNA and single-stranded RNA (the latter we call retrovirus)....the copied information from FDA.gov corrected it tho.

*also, a virus that specifically targets bacteria is called a bacteriophage, it would either incorporate its genetic material into the host bacteria as a prophage and lie dormant, or enter the lytic cycle and cause the bac cell to lyse to release new infectious phages.

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ritinkar4all Author

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11 years ago

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What is the difference between viruses and bacteria?

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