MICROBIOLOGY
  • Viruses
    • Living and non living characteristics or viruses
    • Virus specificity
    • Virus structure
    • Lysogenic and lyctic cycles
    • Measles
    • Coxsackievirus (Hand,foot and mouth disease)
    • The 3 lines of defense of the body
  • Bacteria
    • General characteristics of bacteria and their shapes
    • Reproduction and growth of bacteria
    • Metabolism and respiration
    • Two main group of bacteria
    • Helpful bacteria
    • Tuberculosis
    • Tetanus
  • Bibliography
Viruses form an unique bridge between living and non-living things with those characteristics.


Non-living characteristics


  • They can be crystallized
  • The outside of the cells act like an inert chemicals
  • They don't show grow,development, nutrition, reproduction, etc.
  • They can be precipitated  

Living characteristics


  • They can multiply within host cells
  • They possess genetic material ( DNA or RNA )
  • There are definite races or strains
  • They exhibit mutations
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