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Viruses

Living? Open to debate, much smaller than bacteria, unable to reproduce outside of host cell, no metabolic activity

Structure of Viruses

Contain either RNA or DNA not both, nucleic acid is surrounded by a protein coat

Transmissibility

How easily a pathogen is passed from person to person