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The daughter cell was already carrying a daughter

Surreal microscopic cabinet showing a luminous mother cell opening to reveal nested generations of daughter cells.
Original Nogical illustration · Interpretive image, not microscopy

Researchers documented a newly named marine microbe growing daughter cells inside an internal chamber before the mother cell ruptures to release them. Some daughters already contained another developing generation. The organism is harmless to people; proposed commercial uses for its oils and pigments remain possibilities, not results.

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