Question

Why is virus called acellular and what are the characteristics of it

Answer 1

Answer:

A virus is made from genetic material with some type of coating, normally proteins or membrane taken from a host cell. A virus takes over a host cell to make copies of itself. That's one criterion of life viruses don't meet: Viruses cannot reproduce on their own. They also can't use energy, and they don't grow.

Answer 2

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• ᴠɪʀᴜsᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs ʙᴏʀᴅᴇʀʟɪɴᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴɪsᴍs ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ ɴᴏʀ ɴᴏɴ-ʟɪᴠɪɴɢ.

• ᴠɪʀᴜsᴇs ᴀʀᴇ ᴀᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴀʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴ ɴᴏ ᴄʏᴛᴏᴘʟᴀsᴍ ᴏʀ ᴄᴇʟʟᴜʟᴀʀ ᴏʀɢᴀɴᴇʟʟᴇs.

• ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴀsᴛ ᴍᴀᴊᴏʀɪᴛʏ ᴏғ ᴠɪʀᴜsᴇs ᴘᴏssᴇss ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴅɴᴀ ᴏʀ ʀɴᴀ ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴏᴛʜ.