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Microbes have among smallest genomes, plus unusual interactions with other ArchaeaIn the depths of a former copper mine in Northern California dwell what may be the smallest, most stripped-down forms of life ever discovered.The microbes "“ members of the domain of one-celled creatures called Archaea "“ are smaller than other known microorganisms, rivaled in size only by a microbe that can survive solely as a parasite attached to the outside of other cells. Their genomes, reconstructed by...