The new discovery is 50 times bigger than the previous record-holder. 🦠
AdvertisementEarly research on this newly discovered organism has revealed that has developed some unusual anatomy, including a never-before-seen organelle."Instead of having their DNA floating freely in their cytoplasm, these giant cells have their DNA inside small, membrane-bound compartments," Volland says."These compartments represent a new type of bacterial organism that we named 'pepins,' which means, in French, the small seeds in fruits," he says.
That's a huge deal — and it breaks a lot of ideas about what makes different types of cells distinctive."Until now, the packing of a cell's DNA inside of membrane-bound organelles was considered to be strictly limited to the eukaryotic cells, which are the building blocks of organisms such as humans, other animals, or plants," Volland says."is therefore a fascinating example of a bacterium that has evolved a higher level of complexity.
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