Created by Freddy Higuita
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Question | Answer |
Difference between viruses and bacteria. | we must know that it is a virus and a bac |
Virus: Microorganism composed of genetic material protected by a protein coat, which causes various diseases by introducing itself as a parasite in a cell to reproduce in it. | |
Bacterium: they are unicellular microorganisms, that is to say, they consist of a single cell (unlike any other multicellular living being, whose set of cells forms specialized tissues) | |
Differences: Virus: acellular microorganism, it does not have its own metabolism, It needs cells from other organisms called "host cells" to live and reproduce. | Bacterium: unicellular microorganism, live with living beings, They have the structure and DNA necessary to reproduce |
The cause of the disease is the infection of the virus that lodges in host cells changing its DNA by his, destroying eventually the cells. | The cause of the disease Increase in the amount of bacteria and products of your metabolism that cause the disease. |
The cure is preventive and antiviral vaccines. | The cure is the bacterial balance of the organism and antibiotics. |
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