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> the bacterium Carsonella ruddii, which lives as a symbiont within the guts of sap-feeding insects, has an even smaller genome than Sukunaarchaeum, at around 1
by codedokode 10mo ago
> the bacterium Carsonella ruddii, which lives as a symbiont within the guts of sap-feeding insects, has an even smaller genome than Sukunaarchaeum, at around 159,000 base pairs
159 000 base pairs is ~320 Kbit, or 40 KBytes. I wonder, if that is the minimum size of a cell firmware. Also, if the cell is that simple, can we study it exhaustively and completely? Like, decipher every base pair in DNA, and determine what it is responsible for. And make an interactive website for that.
- ErroneousBosh 10mo agoThis is the biological equivalent of sectorlisp.
- agumonkey 10mo agoMakes me wonder, do geneticist count epigenetic methylation as information to add to the genetic information set ?
- codedokode 10mo agoIsn't methylation more like temporary variables?
- agumonkey 10mo agoKinda but they matter for the live being. Also there's hints that it impacts inherited traits too
- circuit10 10mo agoThat’s about the same size as the original Super Mario Bros