cigolott at nbnet.nb.ca wrote:
>> In message <Pine.SUN.3.91.970201140709.833G-100000 at dante> -
> "R. BAKER" <rubaker at nmsu.edu> writes:
> ]
> ]Is a virus a living organism or not??? A virus can reproduce only in a
> ]host cell and must rely on the host cell's metabolism. What constitues a
> ]virus as alive or non-living????
> ]russ
>> Rgere are also obligate intracellular parasites that do the
> same thing. Mycoplasms come to mind.
But I would call a virus an ACELLULAR obligate parasite whereas
mycoplasmas have a prokaryotic cell structure.
SWM
mamber at synapse.bms.com
