The Technology Journal

  These two rather nasty microbes share some similarities. The paradox comes in that they both cause mild to serious infections—although they are different. How these infections are treated is also different.  Regarding treatment, it is worth noting that antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections are powerless when it comes to viral infections, which further emphasizes why diagnostic immunology tests are important to tell the infections apart.  Let’s break it all down: Bacteria vs Viruses Let’s start with what they have in common: they both are microbes, which are organisms that are too tiny to see by the naked eye. Their infections also have more or less similar symptoms and more often than not can be transmitted the same way. That is the end of the similarities. Onto the differences: Bacteria Bacteria are relatively complex, single-celled organisms. Their cell wall is mainly rigid with a thin membrane surrounding the fluid in the cell. They can also reproduce on th...