Microbe with tiny genome may be evolving into a virus (2025)(science.org)
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Microbe with tiny genome may be evolving into a virus (2025)
https://www.science.org/content/article/microbe-bizarrely-tiny-genome-may-be-evolving-virus
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My takeaway from a comment by Ultimatt:
> [...] This isn't some new miracle find this is a well described and growing phylum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanobdellota Having genome reduced symbionts of dinoflagellates is an even more common and general phenomena, it's almost the definition of a dino to have a weird zoo of peculiar friends and things becoming endo symbionts. This finding is definitely cool, but I don't understand why the article has to make out its a "breakthrough" or "astounding" rather than actually the more astounding thing is how normal this very weird thing is!