By
Dr Mohamed Abumaree
Molecular Reproductive Biologist & Immunologist
College of Medicine
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Science
2009
Bacteria:
1. Prokaryotic cells
2. Smaller and simpler
than eukaryotic cells
Viruses:
1. Smaller and simpler
than bacteria
2. Lack the structures &
metabolic machinery
found in cells
Structure of Viruses
Some viruses can crystallize
(2) Endocytosis
RNA viruses are found in:
Some phages
Most plant viruses
Most animal viruses