Question

Smallest known organism!! Nanobes!! It is 0.009 cubic microns! 150 of these nanobes can fit in 1 E.coli.

Answer 1

http://www.sciencealert.com/new-images-reveal-the-tiniest-known-life-forms-on-earth
for more info see this

Answer 2

@arabpride

Answer 3

@nincompoop @pooja195

Answer 4

Thanks for sharing @shrutipande9 ! :>

Answer 5

Nice :D

Answer 6

You should check out @iambatman 's post with the "game". We can probably find other small creatures.

Answer 7

http://htwins.net/scale2/

Answer 8

0.009 microns = 9 nanometers
Courtesy of Google

Answer 9

Using the "game", I know that Nanobes are 9 buckyballs large.

Answer 10

In captain America 3, Bucky should face an opponent 9 times the size of him.

Answer 11

http://prntscr.com/6dtd11
Easter egg

Answer 12

http://prntscr.com/6dtkgz
^better view

Answer 13

oooooo thx for the info its interesting...:)

Answer 14

Cool. :-)

Answer 15

^lol it had to be a smiley

Answer 16

@ashhhrodriguez

Answer 17

Still not smaller than a virus.

Answer 18

^uh it is

Answer 19

small viruses are around \(16 ~nm\)

Answer 20

@nincompoop Most scientists do not consider viruses a life form because they have no metabolism, no method of reproducing on their own, and are therefore incapable of propagating without another life form. Another key to this is that even obligate parasites that are not viruses have a rudimentary metabolism and are thought to have evolved from ancestors that were not obligate parasites.

Answer 21

yeah thats true @mrdoldum

Answer 22

so what if MOST do not consider it as being "alive"?
I am a biologist and I can justify it well that it is alive even without interacting with a host.

Answer 23

@CelesteSelene13 My point is that because most biologist do no consider viruses life, you will rarely seem them included in discussion of the smallest life forms.

I'm curious, what is your justification.

Answer 24

@mrdoldum . I do not think you meant to tag me, as the above person is named celestial dictator, and I'm Celeste Selene.

Answer 25

@celesteselene13 You right, sorry. That is what I get for only checking the first bit of the name before doing the auto-select.

Answer 26

Repost:

My point is that because most biologist do no consider viruses life, you will rarely seem them included in discussion of the smallest life forms.

I'm curious, what is your justification.

I tagged the wrong person, hence the repost.
@celestialdictator