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Cells are the smallest structures of an organism. (nothing simpler than a cell is considered to be alive)

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As far as I know, the prion is the smallest thing studied today. Mycoplasma is the smallest living thing known to man.

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Q: What are the smallest structures that biologists consider to be living?
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