Virus V Bacteria which would win ?
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As a virus cant be treated with antibiotics I would guess it would win. HIV seems to be winning anyway.
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the first answer is definitely "bacteria" and the second has to be "cyanobacteria"
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D.\n\nIt produces more viral particles up to the point where the cell cannot hold anymore and bursts. The amount of viral particles released is called the "viral burst size" and depends on the virus species. The released particles infect new cells and continue the cycle. This is why virus growth is an exponential curve.
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viruses can infect bacteria. bacteria on the other hand, are too big to have any effect on viruses. \n\nbacteria are capable of self-repoduction, while viruses depend on its host cell for replication.
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Well, if you consider the phages can be as small as 20 nm, any pore larger than that will allow them through.  Remember an nm is a billionth of a meter.\n\nThat's tiny.
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..viruses ..bacteria, bad water bad food
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Hydrogen and Nitrogen I THINK.  Not 100% on that one\nUpdate***\nA friend has suggested that it might also be full chemical name of the virus, though I don't know what that is.  His answer seems to be a more complete one, and given that he is a chemist... far more likely.
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Bacteria are capable of living alone. Viruses are said to be alive only when inside a living cell.\n\nBacteria have cell organelles and show life activities. Virus are just a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a sheath of protein and can only show reproduction while in a living cell.\n\nBacteria are intercellular organisms( they live in-between cells ). Viruses are intracellular organisms ( they live within/inside cells )\n\nThere are many useful bacteria, that help in processes like nitrification and lactification. Viruses on the other hand are always disease causing. In fact, the term 'Virulesence', which is used for a disease causing organism, is derived from the word Virus'
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Pox viruses can be transmitted between species.
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bacteria, viruses, cyanobacteria or fungi?  or do you mean specific examples
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amoeba\nand i think cynobacteria \neuglena might be not, but im not sure
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A Virus can be killed but NOT cured.\n\nIf there is a virus on a tabletop, bleach will KILL it.  If you have a virus in your body, there is NO cure for ANY virus out there (think cold, flu, AIDS).\n\nIf you want scientific evidence, look it up on google!
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one that is constantly mutating, such that its protein coat is always slightly different and so the body's immune system is unable to recognize it quickly as a pathogen to get rid of it.\n\nalso, superviruses may attack the immune system, as in HIV, such that the immune system breaks down.\n\nin the case of flu, there are thousands of different flu viruses with their unique protein coats. hence the immune system may not have encountered the virus before and is thus slow in recognizing the pathogen
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Bacteria is on everything.....and i mean everything. If you wash bacteria some do live to reproduce and some just die off. so dont really worry about the bacteria since you can't get rid of them and they arn't that big of deal. Viruses on the other hand are more dangerous. The stay like in suspended animation until attached to a host cell. so more then likly they sometimes will live on after you wash them.
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It does appear to be true that viruses (and other pathogens) can evolve in their virulence - the severity of their symptoms. On one extreme, it is obviously not an ideal thing for a virus to kill its host before it is transmitted to another host. Consequently only viruses that "hold off" until they can get transmitted will survive. Viruses may show limited virulence anyway, because they have trouble with the immune system, or just don't cause very severe symptoms. However there is evidence that reducing the transmission rate of a virus in a population - however that might be done - causes the evolution of lower virulence. Some of that evidence is for HIV, which appears to show lower virulence here in the US (because transmission rates are lower due to public health efforts) than strains in Africa, where transmission rates have been high. This knowledge provides interesting possibilities for public health and medicine. The link below provides someone' lecture notes on the topic. The references at the bottom may be useful.
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I agree with pjchik. Getting an std that can be treated and cured vs. losing a leg... I'd pick the std, unless it's the HIV virus. In that case, I'd lose the leg and keep my life, and not be infectious.
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Well, it could be both, but I would say that a viroid is more correct. \n\nAll proteins are single stranded. But the term "single stranded" is usually applied to nucleic acids, ´cause they can form double-stranded helices. \n\nSo, bearing that in mind, I´d choose viroid.