SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED A NEW CREATURE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN LIFE AND NOT-LIFE

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Sukunaarchaeum mirabile is a cellular entity that offloads certain biological functions onto hosts like a virus, but it also contains the necessary genes to create its own ribosomes and messenger RNA. With just 238,000 base pairs of DNA, Sukunaarchaeum pushes the conventional boundaries of cellular life. Its discovery highlights the vast unexplored biological novelty within microbial interactions.