What is the main difference between how viruses and bacteria reproduce?
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While both can cause disease, viruses are not living organisms, whereas bacteria are. Viruses are only "active" within host cells which they need to reproduce, while bacteria are single-celled organisms that produce their own energy and can reproduce on their own.
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Viruses reproduce by infecting their host cells and reprogramming them to become virus-making " factories." It needs a living cell in order to reproduce
Bacteria reproduces by binary fission. Binary fission begins when the DNA of the bacterium divides into two (replicates). The bacterial cell then elongates and splits into two daughter cells each with identical DNA to the parent cell.
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