Strange New Species Found in Toxic Lake Could Hold Clues to Life's Origins

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In an incredibly inhospitable lake, scientists have discovered a new tiny species that forms huge colonies. These strange creatures have an unusual relationship with other microbes and could even provide clues to thewas discovered in a super salty environment. And it was absolutely thriving there, forming colonies of almost 100 cells, up to four times bigger than related species.seen under a microscope.

"One of the things that's interesting about them is that these colonies have a shape similar to the blastula – a hollow ball of cells that forms early in animal development,"than the Pacific Ocean and laced with chlorides, carbonates, and sulfates that have built up over 80,000 years. As such, not many forms of life call it home – mostly just alkali flies, brine shrimp, and a few

The team stained the microbes with a DNA dye, which not only revealed the donut-shaped chromosomes of the choano cells as expected, but also a surprising cloud of DNA in the supposedly empty center. In another experiment, the team cultured choano colonies with bacteria-sized latex microspheres, and found that they didn't end up in the colony centers.

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