The tiny cell that wasn't there

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Author: gumby

Date: 7/9/2026

Article Summary:
Scientists Jon Zehr and Kyoko Hagino discover a new type of nitrogen-fixing bacteria living inside a species of algae, breaking a fundamental rule of biology.