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                    Are viruses living organisms?
                                                 
                        Viruses, Bacteria, Protists, and Fungi
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Viruses cannot grow or replicate on their own and are inert outside their living host cell. Once they enter a host cell they become active. As such, they are between life and nonlife and are not considered living organisms.
            
            