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How To Know The Difference Between Bacteria And Viruses by econome(m): 8:07am On Aug 18, 2014
Believe it or not, bacteria and viruses are two very
different things! Here's a how-to article on how to
know the difference between a virus and bacteria.

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 flagella.
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 making an exact copy
of themselves.Bacteria use binary fission to
reproduce, another form of asexual reproduction.
Viruses do not grow through cell division because
they are acellular (Meaning "No Cells"wink, so they
use a very different method of multiplying.
Viruses rely on other cells to multiply;
depending on what shape the virus is, a
certain cell will take the virus in and start
making copies of the virus. When the viruses
are ready to "live" outside the cell, they will
break through the cell and finds other cells to
repeat the multiplication process.
Consider what they do in the body. Viruses
are considered parasites because they cannot
"survive" without a living cell. Viruses only have
one purpose or goal: to multiply. Viruses don't do
anything good for the organism host. Bacteria, on
the other hand, can do bad things for the body,
like cause disease, and they can do good things
for the body, like help make vitamins, depending
on what type of bacteria they are. We couldn't
even survive if we didn't have certain types of
bacteria in our bodies! Pathogenic bacteria are
the bacteria that cause infectious diseases.
Examples of Pathogenic bacteria are
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Streptococcus,
Salmonella. Human bacterial flora are bacteria
that constantly live in the human body and do
good things for our body. A good example of
good bacteria are the gut flora. Gut flora is a term
for the many bacteria living in our digestive tract
and that perform a number of useful functions.
Look at how we get rid of them or the
diseases they cause. A disease caused by
bacteria and a disease caused by a virus are two
very different things. In order to get rid of an
infectious disease, one must take antibiotics to
kill off the bacteria and to cure the infectious
disease. However, you cannot cure a disease
caused by a virus. There really isn't any medicine
you can take to get rid of a virus without
damaging the host's cells also. You can take
medicine to make the symptoms of a disease
caused by a virus more bearable, like cough
medicine for example. Cough medicine doesn't
make the virus go away, it only makes the
symptoms go away or more bearable. To make a
virus go away, you have to rely on your immune
system to fight off the virus. You can also get
vaccinations to help prevent yourself from
suffering the effects of a virus.

Some types of bacteria have been found to live in
temperatures above the boiling point and in cold
below freezing point.

Viruses are considered between "living" and
"nonliving". They are considered living because
they can evolve and have genes, but are considered
nonliving because they don't follow most of the
requirements for life; Viruses can’t metabolize
nutrients, produce and excrete wastes, or move
around on their own, and, they have no cells.

Bacteria not only coexist with us all the time, but
do amazing and helpful things like make vitamins,
break down some garbage, and even maintain our
atmosphere and make oxygen.

There are approximately ten times as many
bacterial cells as human cells in the human body,
with large numbers of bacteria on the skin and in
the digestive tract.

Viruses are parasites. They can only reproduce
inside a host's cell.

Bacteria were the earliest forms of life on Earth
and, by developing photosynthesis, may have
played a role in shaping our planet into one that
could support the larger life forms we know today.

Antibiotic resistance is becoming more common
due to the use of antibiotics to treat bacterial
infections.

Warning:
Don`t use antibiotics to treat a viral infection.

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Re: How To Know The Difference Between Bacteria And Viruses by fr3do(m): 9:03am On Aug 18, 2014
Nice write up
Re: How To Know The Difference Between Bacteria And Viruses by OlaRolls(m): 12:00pm On Nov 28, 2014
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Sometimes i try to avoid bath
I av tried use diferent water, hot ,cold, apply detol, change soap, nt usin sponge.
Still same systoms....
I dont knw what else to do.
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