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DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
20 April, 2020
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Difference between Coronavirus and bacterium:
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Bacterium |
Coronavirus |
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Bacteria are living even outside a host body. |
The viruses are basically inactive outside a host organism. |
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Each bacterial cell has its own machinery to reproduce itself.
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Viruses would be unable to renew and grow by themselves.
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The genes in the Bacterial cells are made up of DNA molecules. |
The Coronavirus does not have DNA as their genome, but instead has RNA. (Some viruses also have DNA as their genetic material) |
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The information contained in this DNA is transcribed as a message to the messenger molecules called RNA. This message is translated into action molecules called proteins which help in the growth and multiplication of the bacterium.
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The Corona viruses can only translate and not transcribe. The viruses infect the ‘host cells’ which they bind to, and multiply.
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Drug strategy:
Source: TH/WEB
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