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why are viruses sometimes considered nonliving

why are viruses sometimes considered nonliving
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Virus are considered no living because they don't show following characteristic of life -

  • They can not reproduce outside host cell. To reproduce they infect host cell and use their energy and resources to replicate.
  • They are incapable of independent existence. They don't have metabolism.
  • They don't respond to stimulus.

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