Why do viruses need living hosts, such as bacteria or eukaryote cells?
A)
The host cell is the source of food for the virus.
B)
Viruses depend on the host cells that they infect to reproduce.
Eliminate
C)
Viruses lack cell structure and cannot survive without a host cell.
D)
Viruses depend on a host cell because they lack their own DNA or RNA.

Question

Why do viruses need living hosts, such as bacteria or eukaryote cells?
A)
The host cell is the source of food for the virus.	
B)
Viruses depend on the host cells that they infect to reproduce.	
Eliminate
C)
Viruses lack cell structure and cannot survive without a host cell.	
D)
Viruses depend on a host cell because they lack their own DNA or RNA.

anonymous · Answer

A,

anonymous · Answer

because they are acellular rely on a host to reproduce, metabolize and translate viral DNA/RNA s into proteins