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What is the difference between bacteria, virus and fungi? plz use table to summary.
Answer:- Some of the differences between Bacteria, Virus and Fungi are listed below:-
Bacteria | Virus | Fungi | |
Cell Membrane | Present beneath the cell wall | Cell wall is absent | Present |
Genetic Material | DNA | DNA or RNA | DNA |
Motility | Certain prokaryotes use flagellum to move | Do not move on their own, reside on surfaces or carried by air. | Do not move, forms spores that can be carried by wind or water |
Nucleus | Prokaryotes do not have nucleus and genetic material is present in cytoplasm | Nucleus absent | Contains nucleus inside which DNA is present. |
Size | 0.5-5 um | 20-300 nm | 2-10 um |
Nutrition | Takes up nutrients like Carbohydrates, proteins and fats to grow | viruses are not alive, thus do not take nutrients. They just invade host cell and replicate. | Take up nutrients in form of monosaccharide, disaccharides and amino acids. |
Antibiotics | can kill bacteria | cannot kill viruses | do not effect fungi |
Living | yes | no, they are obligate parasites. They only replicate inside a host | yes |
Disease caused | cholera, tuberculosis, salmonella, staph infections, tetanus, diptheria etc. | Flu, HIV, Hepatitis, measles, herpes, chicken pox, ebola and some cancers | aspergilosis, spergilloma, candidiasis, ringworm |
Morphology | spiral, cocci, bacilli | polyhedral, spherical, phage and helical | hypha, yeast |