Sukunaarchaeum Mirabile The Bizarre Microbe That Blurs The Line Between Virus And Living Cell And What It Means For The Definition Of Life

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The ghost microbe Sukunaarchaeum

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futura The microbe thrives inside a specific single-celled alga found in the world's oceans.

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futura Scientists named the newly found microbe after a miniature legendary Japanese god and the Latin word for wonderful.

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Fun Facts

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Fun Fact

Mythological microbes: Sukunaarchaeum mirabile is named after Sukuna-biko-na, a Japanese dwarf deity who supposedly rode on the waves in a tiny boat made of a feather.

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To which group of single-celled algae does the host Citharistes regius belong?

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What does the species name mirabile mean in Latin?

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What is the genome size of Sukunaarchaeum mirabile?

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Which university led the research team that discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile?

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Before the discovery of Sukunaarchaeum, which archaeon held the record for the smallest genome at 490 kilobases?

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What is the specific host organism of Sukunaarchaeum mirabile?

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Which global marine database helped scientists locate relatives of Sukunaarchaeum?

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From which mythology does the name Sukunaarchaeum originate?

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archaeon (noun)
Any of a group of single-celled prokaryotic organisms that are evolutionarily distinct from bacteria and eukaryotes. In 2025, researchers discovered a new species, Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, living inside marine plankton off the Japanese coast.