BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
VIRUSES
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Question
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It doesn’t have its own organelles to reproduce.
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It needs the machinery (organelles) of the host to reproduce.
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Viruses don’t have genes to help it reproduce.
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Viruses are inert (inactive) outside of a host cell.
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Viruses are considered parasites.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Viruses cannot replicate on their own, but rather depend on their host cell’s protein synthesis pathways to reproduce. This typically occurs by the virus inserting its genetic material in host cells, co-opting the proteins to create viral replicates, until the cell bursts from the high volume of new viral particles.
Detailed explanation-2: -A virus cannot replicate alone; instead, it must infect cells and use components of the host cell to make copies of itself. Often, a virus ends up killing the host cell in the process, causing damage to the host organism. Well-known examples of viruses causing human disease include AIDS, COVID-19, measles and smallpox.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is a molecule with genetic material, it can only replicate inside of the living cells of another organism. The virus’s genetic material takes control of the host cell and forces it to reproduce.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sometimes they are enclosed within a membrane. The capsid encloses either DNA or RNA which codes the virus elements. While in this form outside the cell, the virus is metabolically inert, which means they cannot reproduce or replicate themselves.