Living Things Versus Nonliving Things A. Living things versus Non-living things Most living things can be distinguished readily from non-living by the following characteristics: 1. Form and size. Living things have characteristic form and size within certain limits most of them are also arranged ...
transcription of the genome, and translation of themRNAtranscripts into proteins after infecting the respective host organism. Unlike other living things, they do not have a cellular structure. Hence, they are acellular