Mini Microbes 17
ComaVN writes "According to an article in Nature, a group at the University of Regensburg, Germany has found the smallest lifeform ever. It lives under extremely hostile (to us that is) conditions, in boiling water, and it has a genome of only about half a million DNA letters. Of course, smallest lifeform depends heavily on your definition of life, as most virii are actually smaller. But let's not get into that discussion :p"
Obligatory spelling flame (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Obligatory spelling flame (Score:2)
It's viruses, not virii.
Indeed it is. People who say "virii" are scum and should be punished by being forced to use inferior software such as MicroShit Windows. With IE kept in, of course.
nanobes (Score:3, Interesting)
Who'd have guessed that the... (Score:2)
Re:Who'd have guessed that the... (Score:1)
Actually, I thought it was some... (Score:2)
Cliche` (Score:1)
Info on the phylum (Score:1)
Jonathan Swift was right! (Score:1)
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em;
And so proceed ad infinitum."
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
I believe at the time he was rhapsodising on the invention of the microscope.
The "Martian microbe" should be looked at again (Score:3, Interesting)
http://www.microbe.org/news/mars_rock.asp (Martian microbe)
Cookies (OT) (Score:1)