If you were to argue that viruses are living organisms, what features of viral structure and function might you use in your argument?

Q: You are a biologist and you are tasked to do two things. First, describe the viral structure.…

A: A living item that is so tiny that has to be observed under a microscope is referred to as a…

Q: How fast can a virus evolve?

A: Viral evolution is a subfield of evolutionary biology and virology that is specifically concerned…

Q: The genome of a virus consists of (a) DNA (b) RNA (c) prions (d) DNA and RNA (e) DNA or RNA

A: Viruses are obligate parasites that can reproduce only inside the host cells. They also do not have…

Q: Are viruses living or non-living organisms? Explain your answer choice.also Discuss the difficulty…

A: A virus is defined as a submicroscopic infectious agent that duplicates just inside the living cells…

Q: Are viruses alive?

A: Viruses, at their most basic, are proteins and hereditary material that survive and replicate within…

Q: Name any three viruses which have RNA as a genetic material?

A: RNA or ribonucleic acid is a polynucleotide comprised of ribose sugar, phosphate group and four…

Q: Viruses may include of any of the following structures, EXCEPT: a. DNA   b. ribosomes…

A: Viruses are the small microorganisms that are parasites to humans, plants and other organisms. These…

Q: Are viruses cellular beings?

A: Cellular organisms consist of cellular structures for example plants and animal whereas non-cellular…

Q: RNA viruses often undergo rapid evolution. What aspects of their biology contribute to their high…

A: Viruses are small, acellular, infectious agents that can infect all kinds of living organisms. Some…

Q: If viruses aren’t a form of life, what are they?

A: Viruses are the agents of some life treating diseases such as AIDS, polio, influenza etc. There are…

Q: How much smaller is a virus than a bacterial cell? Than an animal or a plant cell?

A: Viruses are submicroscopic particles found in regions where living organisms such as bacteria,…

Q: Upon learning the distinguishing characteristics of living organisms, would you consider viruses to…

A: Viruses can be considered as living because they contain nucleic acids, such as DNA or RNA,…

Q: What are two things that are true about all known viruses? Hint: one relates to the virus itself,…

A: virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an…

Q: What is the different between bacteria and virus?

A: Microorganisms are widespread organism which may be unicellular, multicellular or exist in clusters.…

Q: are viruses alive ?

A: Some of the key features of a living thing areThey must maintain homeostasisThey must reproduceThey…

Q: What is the significance of the length of a typical viral genome?

A: A virus refers to an infectious particle which can infect a variety of host including humans,…

Q: Is a Virus considered living or non-living? Justify your answer and Give one example of a virus

A: Introduction  Microorganisms known as viruses are infectious agents that are minute in size and…

Q: The second step in viral replication is entry. For bacteriophage, entry usually involves: O a)…

A: A virus is an obligate parasite which have small piece of genetic material. This genetic material…

Q: What is Viral theory?

A: Viruses are disease-causing microorganisms that can only replicate in the living cells of organisms.…

Q: RNA viruses mutate and evolve faster than other viruses. Why?

A: Viruses are infectious parasite that needs host machinery to replicate. Viruses can be either RNA or…

Q: Why does viruses are “tiny tricky,infections agents”?

A: Viruses are submicroscopic infectious agents that can replicate only inside the host cell. They are…

Q: how are modern viruses categorized and does that categorization differs from how cellular…

A: A virus is a microorganism that is smaller than a bacterium and is incapable of growing or…

Q: Properties of viruses include: a. ability to replicate in any environment b. visibility under…

A: The small microscopic organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye are called microorganisms or…

Q: why are viruses an exception to the classification system?

A: BASIC INFORMATION  VIRUS  They are obligate parasites. They are very small in size that is about…

Q: Explain why there is such a controversy about whether viruses are living or non-living. Briefly…

A: Viruses have been a point of debate since they were discovered. Their name virion also means poison,…

Q: Why is it a strong evolutionary hypothesis that although viruses are the structurally simplest…

A: Viruses are the acellular entities that are considered as sub-microscopic infectious agents. They…

Q: What types of genomes do viruses have?

A: Step 1 Introduction Viruses are non-cellular, simple, obligate intracellular parasite consisting of…

Q: What is the difference between a virus and bacteria

A: Bacteria are unicellular prokaryotic organisms. It lacks a structure called nucleus and contains…

Q: What do you think is the function of viral lysozyme-like enzyme

A: Lysozyme is an enzyme that is present in bodily secretions like tears, saliva, and milk. It works as…

Q: how a scientist could use an electron microscope to identify a virus?

A: Answer: Introduction: Microscope is an optical instrument to study microscopic organisms such as…

Q: Can you pick a virus and describe the  structure and metabolism of the virus.  For the virus,…

A: Viruses are non-living entities and as such do not inherently have their own metabolism. However,…

Q: Some people feel that viruses are living organisms. Give an explanation as to why they cannot be…

A: Microorganisms are those organisms that cannot be seen through the naked eye. These organisms are…

Q: Where do I find references to support that viruses are living organisms

A: A virus is defined as a microscopic infectious agent. They can only divide inside the body of the…

Q: Given that COVID19 has a single strand RNA for its genome, the number of rounds required to complete…

A: COVID 19 is a SARS virus which causes epidemiological disease called corona virus.

Q: How can humans see viruses?

A: Viruses are acellular organisms that do have a metabolism of their own. They depend on the specific…

Q: Which of the following statements regarding viral genomes is FALSE?   Question options:   viral…

A: Viral genomes :  ▪︎Viral genome and host cellular factors play an important role in the completion…

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.