Ka taƙaita labarin:  Wata babbar muhawara da masu bincike ke yi game da yadda rayuwa a duniya za ta iya samun ƙarami na iya ƙarewa. Masana kimiyya daga Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory da Jami'ar California, Berkeley, sun kama hotunan 'ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta' a karon farko. Hotunan na iya kawo karshen muhawara da ta shafe shekaru ashirin ana yi game da wanzuwar kananan kwayoyin ko a'a. Masana kimiyya daga Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory da Jami'ar California, Berkeley, sun kama hotunan 'ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta' (hoton) Masana kimiyya sun ce ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin cuta suna da matsakaicin girman 0.009 cubic microns wanda ke nufin cewa kusan 150 daga cikin ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta zasu iya shiga cikin kwayar Escherichia coli. Cikakken hotunan microscopy na lantarki da bayanin DNA na kwayoyin cuta masu bincike sun sami damar samun alama sun nuna cewa kwayoyin suna da ƙananan - amma na gaske ne. Ƙananan ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin ƙwayoyin cuta suna da matsakaicin girma na 0.009 cubic microns [micron ɗaya ɗaya ne na miliyan ɗaya na mita], in ji Berkeley Lab. Kusan 150 daga cikin ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta za su iya shiga cikin ƙwayoyin Escherichia coli. Ƙwayoyin Escherichia fiye da 150,000 za su iya zama a kan gashin mutum guda. An gano kwayoyin a cikin ruwan karkashin kasa kuma an yi imanin cewa ya zama gama gari. A cikin takaitaccen bayanin su, masana kimiyya sun rubuta: 'Hanyoyin da ke da alaƙa da ƙarancin girman kwayar halitta da kwayar halitta sun haɗa da dunƙulewar dunƙulewa da aka ƙaddara su zama DNA, ƙananan ribosomes masu yawa da kuma nau'ikan tsarin da ke kama da pili waɗanda za su iya ba da damar hulɗar tsakanin kwayoyin da ke biyan kuɗin ƙarfin biosynthetic da aka ƙaddara ya ɓace daga bayanan kwayoyin halitta. 'Sakamakon ya nuna cewa ƙananan ƙananan ƙwayoyin halitta suna haɗuwa da waɗannan kwayoyin halitta masu yawa, amma ba a san su ba.' Tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a 1931, Berkeley Lab (hoton da ke sama) an gane shi da kyautar Nobel 13. An buga binciken game da kwayar cutar a cikin mujallar Nature Communications. Wani farfesa na Jami'ar Berkeley...
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory da Jami'ar California, Berkeley, masana kimiyya sun dauki hotunan 'ƙananan ƙwayoyin cuta' Masu binciken sun yi imanin cewa kwayoyin sune mafi karancin rayuwa a duniya. Sun sami damar samun bayanin DNA na kwayoyin cuta. An gano kwayoyin cuta a cikin ruwan kasa kuma an yi imanin cewa suna da yawa.