• Question: what is the difference between a virus and bacteria

    Asked by lanb25 to Janet on 19 Mar 2013.
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      Janet Daly answered on 19 Mar 2013:


      Generally, bacteria are quite a bit bigger than viruses because they have a lot more genes and proteins – this makes them independent – they can live without other living things and replicate whereas viruses have to ‘borrow’ proteins and cell machinery from other living things to replicate. There are viruses that infect bacteria…

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