Longest scientific name

Longest scientific name
Who
systematic name for the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
Where
Not Applicable
When
09 April 1981
The systematic name for the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) of the human mitochondria contains 16,569 nucleotide residues and is thus c. 207,000 letters long. It was published in key form in Nature on 9 Apr 1981.