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What is the role of viruses on planet Earth?
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viruses are essential in the role they play of the bigger ecosystem. all living things have an important role to play although there are doubts on whether viruses are living or non-living since they cannot reproduce on their own, but instead kills other cells to make sure they reproduce. just because virus is harmful does not mean it has no role to play. it is used for various applications both for science and weapons. it is used for manipulation of cells so it is an important tool for cellular biologists everywhere. it can also be used with nanotechnology since virus are much smaller than any other cells however, this has little to do with the earth's ecosystem. weapons on the hand hand has to do with earth's ecosystem since it can cause havoc across the populations of all living organisms.
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