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Re:Tiny Microbe Challenges the Definition of Cellular Life by ygritte on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @02:07AM (#44959102)
Too bad, I was hoping for an electron microscope photo or something.
Re:Tiny Microbe Challenges the Definition of Cellular Life by pointlessone on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @04:23AM (#44959873)
Re:Tiny Microbe Challenges the Definition of Cellular Life by vanderZwan on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @07:07AM (#44960747)
Oh wow, that looks a lot more complex than I expected for something that's supposed to be extremely "stripped down" from a genomic POV.

I mean, I know the article mentions it "has its own ribosomes, cellular structures that synthesize proteins, and it can replicate itself without the help of a host" but that doesn't always translate to complex structures plainly visible underneath a microscope.

Re:Tiny Microbe Challenges the Definition of Cellular Life by twic on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @12:42PM (#44963476)
That is a photo of the dinoflagellate that this new thing lives inside. I don't think you can see the new thing in this photo, it's too small.