What are some similarities in Viruses and Bacteria?

Answer 1

Both bacteria and viruses have nucleic acids and proteins, reproduce using these nucleic acids, undergo transcription and translation. Some viruses have membranes too, but they don't serve the same biological functions that bacterial membranes do. Both viruses and bacteria are microscopic, and both cause disease on occasion. Both virusees and bacteria evolve rapidly compared to eukaryotes.

Answer 2

They both have some genetic material DNA and/or RNA, both have some varieties than can cause disease.

Except for that there's very few similarities, despite the fact that they're both too small to see with the naked eye, bacteria are several hundred times bigger than viruses.

Answer 3

There isn't actually too much. Viruses are reproducing constructs while Bacteria are actually living organisms.

The only similarity is that they are both microbes and that some of the diseases/infections have some of the same symptoms.

http://www.germophobic.net/Truth-About-Germs.aspx

Answer 4

Viruses are what we scientists call "very small." So small, in fact, that they cannot make off with an entire leg.

A tiger on the other hand....oh, nevermind. You said bacteria.

Answer 5

Both are really small. Some have even a diameter of a few micrometers(1000th of a millimetre)
Both have species which can cause diseases(all viruses cause diseases)

Answer 6

both cause some disease