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Are viruses prokaryotes?


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Prokaryotes:

  1. Single-celled, living organisms lack a proper nucleus and other organelles.
  2. Examples- bacteria, archaea, and cyanobacteria.

Viruses:

  1. They are infectious agents that replicate inside a host's body.
  2. They are neither living nor non-living.
  3. They are non-living because they rely on the host cell for carrying out its essential functions (replication, transcription, translation).
  4. They usually lack a cell wall. Instead are surrounded by capsid (a protective protein coating)
  5. DNA/RNA is present as genetic material.
  6. Examples- adenovirus, Hepatitis C virus, etc.
  7. They are neither prokaryotes nor eukaryotes because they are not living. They cannot survive & reproduce outside a host's body.

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