Question: What's the difference between bacteria and virus?

Jason King answered on 11 Mar 2013:

Hi, good question. Basically, a bacteria is a very simple, but complete organism that can do everything such as making new bit so the cell and reproduce on its own. Viruses on the other hand are even simpler, and are really just a bag of DNA. They can’t multiply on their own and instead they rely on living inside the cells of other organisms, including bacteria. They are pretty devious and hijacking their victim’s machinery to getting them to do all the hard work like making more viruses for them.