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Tiny marine microbe sheds new light on how little genetic machinery a cell needs to survive

Source: Phys.org · Published 9 Oct 2026, 15:00

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown microorganism that has the smallest genome ever found and may be able to replicate and express its own genetic information.

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