Question

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while metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms without exception, isolated metabolic reaction in vitro are not living things but surely reactions.Hence cellular organisation of the body is the defining feature of life forms."

Answer 1

Explanation:

An isolated metabolic reaction(s) outside the body of an organism, performed in a test tube is neither living nor non-living. ' Hence, while metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms without exception, isolated metabolic reactions in vitro are not living things but surely living reactions.