What are 2 differences between 'Viruses and bacteria'?

Question

Doing a paper on Rabies and jus need 2 know two differences between Viruses and Bacteria

Answer 1

1) The genetic material in virus is RNA whereas that for bacteria is DNA

2) Bacteria is unicellular (with a cell wall) whereas virus has a non-cellular structure

Answer 2

1) Viruses cannot reproduce outside of a host cell. Bacteria can. 2) Viruses do not contain organelles (nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria, etc.). Bacteria do. The exception is that prokaryotic bacteria no not have a nucleus. 3) Bacteria have a cell membrane. Viruses do not. 4) Bacteria are living organisms. Viruses are not. 5) Bacteria are classified with scientific names like other organisms (people, for example). Viruses are not. 6) Viruses no not have the means to express their own genetic material. They depend on the machinery of the host cell to do that. I'm getting a bit repititive, but if you break down #2 into individual organelles, you'll get more than 10 differences.

Answer 3

All bacteria are surrounded by a cell wall. They can reproduce independently, and inhabit virtually every environment on earth, including soil, water, hot springs, ice packs, and the bodies of plants and animals. Most bacteria are harmless to humans. Bacteria are procaryoctic organisms.

Viruses are tiny geometric structures that can only reproduce inside a living cell. Outside of a living cell, a virus is dormant, but once inside, it takes over the resources of the host cell and begins the production of more virus particles. Viruses are more similar to mechanized bits of information, or robots, than to animal life. Viruses are not cells. Viruses are infectious. Viruses can only reproduce within a host cell.

Answer 4

Viruses are just RNA in a capsid, whereas bacteria is a living cell. so there are countless differences. Bacteria= alive, virus = bilogical particle. Viruses need a host cell to replicate, bacteria does not. the list could go on for hours

Answer 5

Its amazing how ignorant most of the answers were! The one above me (serenity) is the best by far. To clarify: Viruses can have either DNA or RNA genomes. The larget virus genome is 3 times bigger than the smallest bacterial genome. A virus cannot make its own proteins or reproduce on its own.

Bacteria are prokaryotes, and are cellular. They can all make their own proteins, and all but two genera are able to reproduce on their own

Answer 6

Viruses are much smaller than bacteria, and viruses can and do infect bacteria, not the other way around.

Answer 7

Bacteria have cell walls and DNA. Viruses are celless with RNA.

Answer 8

viruses aren't living organisms and bacteria are.

Answer 9

b can reproduce itself promptly but v cant do it itself, b produce proteins but v inserts its genetic material into a cell and have it do for it and take me as the best answer.

Answer 10

you can get rid of bacteria with anibiotics. a virus has to run it's course. thare are no medications to get rid of a virus yet. and a virus can mutate, bacteria can't.