Hypothetical, microscopic life-forms smaller than the smallest confirmed viruses or bacteria. Their possible existence was first suggested in 1989 when Robert H. Folk, a geologist at the University of Texas, Austin, discovered tiny spheres, only about 50 nm (nanometers) across, in mineral deposits f...
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Nanobacteria are the smallest cell-walled bacteria, only recently discovered in human and cow blood and commercial cell culture serum. They can produce apatite in media mimicking tissue fluids and glomerular filtrate and the aggregates produced closely resemble those found in tissue calcification and kidney stones.
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nanobacteria, nanobes, calcifying namoparticles Nanobacteria are very widespread, occurring in practically all human material tested. Under an electron microscope, nanobacteria look like typical bacteria, and even resemble cells undergoing division. Nanobacteria have been heralded as the smallest cellular forms on earth and also as candidates to ...
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