What are living and nonliving reservoirs?

Answer: Living nonliving reservoirs

What the person really has in mind when he/she has asked this question? My one word answer to this question can be VIRUSES. Viruses are both living as well as non living. They have reservoirs of genes. A single nucleotide is a unit of gene. Viral genes make use of host raw material(non-living elements/organic moieties/ water etc.,)including elements to synthesise organic molecules or macro molecules. Subsiquently, viruses replicate themself thereby reproduce within the living cells. On crystilization, they become non-living and can stay in this state for years until they enter again into a living host to multiply.Certain plant viruses are transmitted to the progeny through seeds.Viruses evolve as any other living being. Therefore, now virus names are written in italics like binomial/trinomial names similar to scientific name of any other living organism i.e. Tobacco mosaic virus (read as italic). All living entities on this earth (including viruses) are part of Biosphere. Biosphere consists of genes that constitute Genosphere.Viral genes put together constitute Virosphere. Cancer is also caused by genes which lie within an organism. Certain cancers are caused by viruses and others by genes which reside in our body.These are called as virogenes or cancer genes. These can get inherited to the offspring. Thus, living organisms (Biosphere) are a reservoir of virogenes. Living organism need food which is organic as well as non-organic including water. No wonder there can be no life without water. Life is only on this planet earth.To discover life in Universe we first try to find water.Earth is a resivior of living as well as nonliving including water!

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