Laboratory isolation of Nanoarchaeum equitans requires the presence of
A) fatty acids.
B) oxygen.
C) Ignicoccus.
D) sunlight.

Name: Laboratory isolation of Nanoarchaeum equitans requires the presence of A) fatty acids. B) oxygen. C) Ignicoccus. D) sunlight.
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Nanoarchaeum equitans is an obligate symbiont of the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Ignicoccus. It cannot be grown in isolation without the presence of Ignicoccus, making choice (C) the only correct option.

Laboratory Isolation of Nanoarchaeum Equitans Requires the Presence of