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Surveying the body sizes of Earth's living organisms, researchers found that the planet's biomass -- the material that makes up all living organisms -- is concentrated in organisms at either end ...

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With this protection we can plunge the end of the microscope into a small tank, filled with water, containing the small living organisms, and examine them at our leisure for days or even weeks.

A microbe known as the pleuropneumonia-like organism gives rise to free-living cells smaller than some viruses. They suggest the question: What are the smallest dimensions compatible with life?

From plants to humans, our world is filled with many living things. But you may wonder where it all starts: What is the smallest unit of life?

The pattern favouring large and small organisms held across all types of species and was more pronounced in land-based organisms, researchers say.