Question

what are viruses ? how they differ from other microbes.

Answer 1

Viruses different from other living organisms as:

•Viruses are on the borderline of living and non living ,they are non living when they do not find a host and they become living after finding a host cell while on the other hand other microorganisms are generally living .

• Viruses use the machinery of the host cell while other microorganisms use their own machinery.

• Viruses multiply very rapidly while the other microorganisms do not mutiply rapidly as virus .

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Answer 2

$\huge\underline\red{HELLO/MATE}$Viruses are small infectious organisms that replicate in the host cells .
They are different as they are not alive outside the host cell but become alive in host cells but not the other microorganisms. Also they are obligate parasites.