BioConcepts

nanobesNanoben (ger.)

• An organism of a much smaller size than ordinary bacteria.
  category bacterium

  1998

  we [do not] relate the organisms we describe to bacteria until their phylogeny has been established. Instead, we refer to these features as nano-organisms or nanobes to indicate their significant difference in size to Eubacteria and Archaea

  Uwins, P.J.R., Webb, R.I. & Taylor, A.P. (1998). Novel nano-organisms from Australian sandstones. Amer. Mineralog. 83, 1541-1550: 1541.