Viruses are microorganisms or not?

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Viruses are microorganisms or not?

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A microorganism is any living organism like bacteria, protozoa, or even fungi that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Microorganisms can only be viewed through a microscope and are extremely important to plant life, plant health, and soil composition. so virus is a microorganisms because we can't see it with our naked eyes

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Viruses are highly microscopic organisms. They reproduce within the cells of a host organism. Yeah, we can say that they are microbes but they do not come in major groups of microorganisms. They can only be seen with the help of an electron microscope!!!

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Viruses are microorganism.it can't be seen through necked eye.It is not living at all time. It used host to alive

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Yes.they are.... but they are very small that we cannot see them with the help of simple microscope. we need a compound microscope to see them. They grow and develop inside the body of any living being. Outside the body of any living organism they show no sign of life.Their non living state is called viron

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Viruses are actually neither microorganisms nor living beings . they lie borderline between these two. Viruses are neither microorganisms nor living beings because they are inactive when they are in surroundings,in non living cells but when they enter living beings they become active and reproduce themselves. hope this helps you.

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A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms. viruses can infect all types of life forms , from animals and plant to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.

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Yes

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Viruses cannot be seen through naked eyes it can be seen only through microscope thus they are microorganism

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Yes description you can see above

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