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From the paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.02.651781v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.02.651781v1 > ... we report the dis
by djoldman 11mo ago
From the paper: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.02.651781v1 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.02.651781v1
> ... we report the discovery of Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a novel archaeon with an unprecedentedly small genome of only 238 kbp —less than half the size of the smallest previously known archaeal genome— from a dinoflagellate-associated microbial community.
- russdill 11mo agoFor comparison, the smallest bacteria genome, nasuia deltocephalinicola, is 139 kbp.