This article is about the aqueous solution. For the gas, see hydrogen chloride. Hydrochloric acid is a corrosive, strong mineral acid with many industrial uses. A colorless, highly pungent solution of hydrogen chloride (HCl) in water, when it reacts with an organic base it forms a hydrochloride salt.
Bacteria are intercellular organisms (i.e. they live in-between cells); whereas viruses are intracellular organisms (they infiltrate the host cell and live inside the cell). They change the host cell's genetic material from its normal function to producing the virus itself.
NUCLEIC ACID: Bacteria have DNA& RNA , Viruses have DNA some have RNA never both. REPRODUCTION: Bacteria reproduce by binary fission, Viruses need a host cell to replicate virus. ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY : Most of the time there is an abx that can target a bacteria, Viruses are not susceptible. SHAPE- Bacteria are cocci, rods and spirals cell wall dictates shape . Virus can have helical shape, icosahedral, and complex , capsid dictates shape. Describe the parts of a genome and its purpose.