Is bacteria considered living or nonliving? Why?

Living





To be defined as living, something must have the following characteristics:-


Movement


Respiration


Senses


Growth


Reproduction


Excretion


Nutrition


(Often remembered by the the neumonic "MRS GREN")





Bacteria exhibit all these characteristics

Is bacteria considered living or nonliving? Why?
it is considered living...because it is mobile, can reporoduce, and uses energy.
Reply:living - it eats, grows, and reproduces. viruses are more interesting - they're helpless outside host cells, and can't do any of those things.
Reply:living cuz it can move, reproduce, get food, etc.
Reply:living


cos it has wide diversity of shapes and structures ,


moves ,


grows ,


reproduces ,


interats with other oranisms(meaning being 1.mutualistic i.e.,Certain bacteria form close spatial associations that are essential for their survival and 2.pathogenic i,e.,bacteria form a parasitic association with other organisms, they are classed as pathogens. Pathogenic bacteria are a major cause of human death and disease and cause infections such as tetanus, typhoid fever, diphtheria, syphilis, cholera, food-borne illness, leprosy and tuberculosis)


and ofcourse most importantly shows wide variety of metabolism(Metabolism is the complete set of chemical reactions that occur in living cells.)
Reply:living
Reply:Yes, bacteria are considered living. To be an organism or alive, you must be able to respirate, grow, develop, and reproduce. Bacteria accomplish all of this, so, thus, they are living. Now, viruses, on the other hand, are considered non-living by many scientists because viruses cannot respirate, grow, develop. All they can do is reproduce, but they need a host cell to do so.
Reply:Living. It has the characteristics of life. Viruses don't.