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From: "R. BAKER" <rubaker@nmsu.edu>
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Subject: Is a virus alive?
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 14:05:11 -0700
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Is a virus a living organism or not????  It can reproduce but must rely 
on the host cell and the host cell's metabolism?  What constitutes a 
virus as alive or non-living?

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