nanobe

Etymology
, from. From being nanoscale particles similar to microbes.

Noun

 * 1)  A structure similar in appearance to a cell, but only nanometres in size.
 * 2) Nanoscopic abiotic life, acellular  life, or protolife.
 * 3) A nanoscopic self-replicating structure.
 * 4) Petrified nanoscopic structure, fossil or pseudofossil.