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What is the smallest microbe?

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J. Lautner

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J. Lautner, Product Manager, Utah

Answered May 06, 2020

The smallest microbe is Nanoarchaeum equitans, which is also known as an archaeal parasite. It has no flagella and can only grow when attached to the specific archaeal host gonococcus hospitals.

It relies on its host to acquire biomolecules. Microbes are small microorganisms that can only be seen with the aid of a special microscope because they are microscopic organisms.

Nanoarchaeum is a useful and harmful microbe; it was discovered in an undersea hydrothermal vent off the coast of Iceland.

It was said to be the first specie in a new phylum. It was founded by Karl Stetter in the early 2000s. It is spherical in nature and also 400nm in diameter, which makes it the smallest living organism ever.

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Bergeront Tiffney

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Bergeront Tiffney, Computer Engineer, M. Tech, Southeast Montgomery

Answered Jan 28, 2019

There are many small microbes that scientists will often study. However, if they want to look at them, then they have to use a special microscope to see them because some of these small microbes are the smallest in the world. One of these small microbes is the nanoarchaeum equitans. This is actually the smallest microbe in the world.

It was first founded in the early 2000s. It was founded by Karl Stetter and Kolbeinsey Ridge. It is actually a species. It comes from the marine Archaea. Yellowstone National Park has some of these microbes. An important fact about this microbe is that it grows when it gets warmer. Therefore, it is only the smallest microbe when it is in a cold state.

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H. Jones

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H. Jones, Web Content Writer, San Antonio,

Answered Oct 22, 2018

The smallest microbe is Nanoarchaeum equitans. They are only approximately 400 nanometers in size. Microbes are the tiny microorganisms that inhabit the world with the US, around the US, and even in the US. I can be seen using a microscope. Microbes are microscopic organisms, and the naked eye can not view them.

Nanoarchaeum equitans are both harmful and useful microbes. They are measured in nanometers. It is a species of Marine Archaea. It was first discovered off the coast of Iceland. It has been proposed as the first species in a new phylum.

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John Adney

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Answered Oct 14, 2017

Viruses is the plural of virus. So, my answer is 100% correct.

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teacherhighstorrs

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Answered Oct 14, 2017

Virus
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