(BBC)
There are organisms with smaller genomes—Mycoplasma genitalium has about 400 genes. But these are all obligate parasites or symbionts, relying on other organisms to do the jobs they have abandoned. Pelagibacter is entirely self-sufficient.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Ocean bug has ‘smallest genome’
Ocean bug has ‘smallest genome’
(BBC)
(BBC)
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