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Living characteristics of virus |
Non-living characteristics of virus |
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1. It is capable of multiplying inside a host cell (Plant or Animal cell)
It is an obligatory intracellular parasite. |
It cannot multiply extracellularly, i.e. Outside the cell. |
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2. It is capable of causing diseases. |
Metabolic activity is absent. |
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3. It possesses nucleic acid (either DNA or RNA), proteins (Capsid) and Enzymes for replication |
Protoplasm is absent. |
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4. It has the ability to mutate. |
Crystallization of viruses is possible. |
