The Smallest Living Organism
The Smallest Living Organism
The smallest living organism, according to some scientists are not ye known. However, it has been reported that less than 10% of microorganisms can be successfully grown in a lab so there are lots that we know very little about. Of the ones we can grow, the mycoplasmas are the smallest living organisms and they have no cell wall. Using powerful microscopes, scientists are now reporting nanobacteria in the environment, these bacteria are around the same size as the mycoplasmas and they do have a cell wall. As far as I know, no-one has managed to grow the nanobacteria in the lab yet.
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