How are viruses different from bacteria?

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anonymous · Answer

Bacteria are heterotrophic while viruses are autotrophic.

 Bacteria are living organisms; viruses are not.

 Bacteria have a membrane bound nucleus while viruses do not.

 Bacteria are multicellular; viruses are single cells.

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Bacteria have a membrane bound nucleus while viruses do not.

anonymous · Answer

r u sure

anonymous · Answer

Bacteria are living organisms; viruses are not.

I'm positive.

abb0t · Answer

There's debate about whether viruses are living or non living organism.

isaiah.feynman · Answer

I am sure.

abb0t · Answer

By the way, this is the $\sf \color{red}{wrong}$ section.

anonymous · Answer

which is right ??

isaiah.feynman · Answer

" Bacteria have a membrane bound nucleus while viruses do not." That's right. Look at your textbook and compare diagrams of viruses and bacteria and see the difference!

abb0t · Answer

You tell em, Isassy.Feynman :)

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Who gave this homeschoolgrad guy a medal for giving the wrong answer?

anonymous · Answer

Bacteria are NOT eukaryotic cells (they are prokaryotes); hence, the do NOT contain a membrane bound nucleus .  "Bacteria have a membrane bound nucleus while viruses do not." Cannot be correct.

anonymous · Answer

Here's an interesting link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokaryote

anonymous · Answer

@kaylee.carmestro

abb0t · Answer

smh

isaiah.feynman · Answer

Oh wait, the question itself doesn't have the right option! Bacteria do have a plasma membrane but no nucleus (@HomeschoolGrad wikipedia shows they have a plasma membrane), bacteria are unicellular and viruses cannot even be classified as cellular organisms, bacteria are living organisms while viruses are on the boundary between non living and living things (they act as chemical compound outside a living cell and act as a living organism in living cells). Finally viruses are not autotrophs the only autotrophs on earth are plants and other microorganisms that make their own food, and viruses cannot be heterotrophic as they DON'T feed on other substances and/or organisms and they cannot be autotrophic since they don't make food (all a virus does is to propagate itself and in so doing they greatly disrupt activity of cells), some bacteria are heterotrophic while some are autotrophic.