Newfound virus was detected during the study archaea - the simplest organism, having neither the cell nucleus, no membrane organelles and living on the seabed.

Scientists at the University of California in Santa Barbara (USA) revealed the virus to be able to manage their mutations. the research published in the journal Nature Communications.

newly discovered virus was discovered in the course of the study archaea - the simplest organism, having neither the cell nucleus, no membrane organelles and living on the seabed.

Colony archaea. Photo: Ralph Robinson

a closer study of this virus scientists have found that it contains generating a variety of retroelement, the genetic element responsible for the acceleration of certain mutations. Thanks to this particular microorganism can successfully adapt to a variety of extreme environments.

In such extreme conditions archaea live and self-mutating viruses. Photo: NOAA

the Possibility of independent mutations allow the virus to efficiently infect organisms adapted to extreme conditions. According to scientists, a symbiosis of the microorganism and area is an excellent example of convergent evolution of the two organisms are forced to live in extreme conditions and to continuously evolve in order to survive.

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