Question

why is virus called border line between living and non living things?​

Answer 1

Answer:

because virus are obligate intracellular parasite

means they replicate only inside living organism and remain inactive outside the living.

Answer 2

Viruses are considered on the borderline of living and non-living because they show both the characteristics of a living and a non-living. They have the ability to reproduce when inside the host body. They are nonliving because they have non cellular structure , undergo crystalization and completely inactive outside the host cell.