Why are viruses classified as "aceullular"?

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Rosalind
May 25, 2018

Viruses are classified as acellular as they are neither living nor non - living.

Explanation:

Viruses are acellular that is they lack cytoplasm and membrane bound cell organelles. They do not have their own metabolic machinery. Hence, they do not show any characteristics of life until they enter any living organism or any living cell. Viruses use cellular machinery of the host for their multiplication. They do not follow cell theory. They lie on the borderline of living and non - living organisms.

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