Viruses form an unique bridge between living and non-living things with those characteristics.
Non-living characteristics
Living 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