> I think the biggest difference is that bacteria can react to a treatment, while viruses don't have the capacity to react. Bacteria also swap genes between th

> I think the biggest difference is that bacteria can react to a treatment, while viruses don't have the capacity to react. Bacteria also swap genes between themselves [0], whereas two viral particles sitting on the same Petri dish are too inert/simple for that. That represents an additional way for adaptive tricks to spread. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_gene_transfer