How Do You Know The Difference Between Bacteria And Viruses?
• Virus Structure Bacteria Structure Look at the structure of bacteria and viruses. A virus isn’t a cell and doesn’t have any cellular parts. A virus has no internal cellular structure, no cell wall, or cell membrane. Viruses consist only of a protein coat that holds a coiled string of nucleic acid. Bacteria, on the other hand, are singled-celled (unicellular) organisms. Bacteria are prokaryotic cells meaning that they do not have a cell nucleus. Unlike other cells, bacteria do not have vacuoles, Golgi apparatus, Endoplasmic reticula, or other organelles inside the cells. Bacteria consist of ribosomes, nucleoid(Strand of DNA), a cell wall, cytoplasm, and a flagellum. • Binary Fusion Virus Reproduction Know how they multiply. Bacteria and viruses multiply in very different ways. Bacteria are single-celled organisms and reproduce asexually, just like other cells. Asexual reproduction means that they only need themselves to reproduce and they reproduce by splitting into two cells and maki
