microbiology - Biology Forum

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Poison 18 years ago

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- October 23, 2006 at 1:30 pm #6083
  monny
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  Are bacteriophages-living or nonliving entities?can anyone answer this question?
- October 23, 2006 at 2:53 pm #57202
  Amrik
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  bacteriophages are virus….the are not classified as living or non-living…well because..when they dont have a host (in this case Bacteria) they cannot reproduce which means they are non-living but when they are in a host (bacteria) they can reproduce and they do it at a very fast pace, in this case they are living….so you decide are they living or non-living?
- October 23, 2006 at 3:04 pm #57204
  monny
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  well,Ive got a assignment on this question.how should i explain myself?characterestics of living things:-can reproduce,grow and develop,utilise energy,homeostasis,respond to environment and should be evolutionary adaptive.An organism is living when it fulfills all these features.Now,what do u think?
- October 23, 2006 at 3:33 pm #57212
  Poison
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  I advise you to search the forum. You can find discussions about virus’ being living or non-living.
  A small hint for you. An organism can reproduce. Viruses can not do that themselves. They make their host do that.
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