why viruses are called obligate parasites.
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All viruses are obligate parasitesbecause they lack metabolic machinery of their own to generate energy or to synthesize proteins, so they depend on host cells to carry out these vital functions.
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virus is called true parasite cuz
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in microbiology virus are obligate parasites, that is they lack metabolic machinery of their own to generate energy or to synthesize proteins, so they depend on host cells to carry out these vital functions.
viruses can live outside of the human body sometimes for many hours or a day. parasites ,however , require a living host in order to survive . bacteria and parasites can be usually be destroyed with antibiotics. on the other hand, antibiotics cannot kill viruses
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