VIRUSES

IMPORTANT FEATURES

• Viruses are resistant to germicides.
• Viruses are non-cytoplasmic.
• Viruses are made of nucleon-proteins.

WHERE IT LIVES

• Viruses can live almost anywhere, from soil to snow to animals.
• Viruses can only reproduce in a host cell.

HOW IT REPRODUCES

• First, viruses have to find a host cell.
• Examples of good host cells are plants and animals.
• Then, they control the cell to help reproduce the virus.
• When the virus is finished, the host cell dies.

EXAMPLES OF VIRUSES

• HIV
• Shingles
• Rabies
• Flu
• Chicken Pox

HAZARDS

• Viruses are very deadly and kill cells.
• Viruses can spread from host to host quickly.
• Viruses can infect all living things.
• Viruses have lasting effects.

BENEFITS

• Viruses can be forced to mutate to further knowledge of evolution.
• There is a virus that can be mixed with mucus to kill bacteria.

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