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never [62]
3 years ago
6

A reason given by scientist as to why viruses are not considered living organiss is that

Biology
1 answer:
sammy [17]3 years ago
6 0
Viruses cannot replicate by themselves, because they lack a lot of the cellular machinery to do so. This is why they have to invade a cell, and use the cells cellular machinery to help the virus replicate. 

This is the reason they are not considered living. 
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