why viruses are not supposed to be living
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The basic condition for every organism to be living is :
# The presence of cellular organisation.
But Virus do not have cells instead they have a protein coat and a genetic material which is infectious.
# Every living organism have their own living machinery
Viruses do not have a cellular machinery for energy synthesis.
But they show some living characters.
⇒They can reproduce.
⇒The respond to external stimuli.
So viruses are considered as connecting links between living and non-living.
# The presence of cellular organisation.
But Virus do not have cells instead they have a protein coat and a genetic material which is infectious.
# Every living organism have their own living machinery
Viruses do not have a cellular machinery for energy synthesis.
But they show some living characters.
⇒They can reproduce.
⇒The respond to external stimuli.
So viruses are considered as connecting links between living and non-living.
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