The genome of a newly identified organism is discovered and genome assembly shows that it is a single continuous strand of DNA. Which is more likely?

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Bacteria typically have circular genomes or a single continuous strand of DNA, while eukaryotes have linear chromosomes. Therefore, it is more likely that the newly identified organism with a single continuous strand of DNA is a bacterium.

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