"Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile" (provisional name) is a species of archaea of which only the DNA is known, but which already presents several particularities: it is a holoparasite of the dinoflagellate Citharistes regius. Its DNA, the smallest known for an archaeon, codes for only proteins necessary for reproduction.
"Candidatus Sukunaarchaeum mirabile" (provisional name) is a species of archaea of which only the DNA is known, but which already presents several particularities: it is a holoparasite of the dinoflagellate Citharistes regius. Its DNA, the smallest known for an archaeon, codes for only proteins necessary for reproduction.
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