Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.
Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Most bacteria are microscopic — but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.
This photo provided by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in June 2022 shows mangroves in the Guadeloupe archipelago in the French Caribbean where the Thiomargarita magnifica bacteria were discovered. But he didn't immediately know it was a bacterium because of its surprisingly large size — these bacteria, on average, reach a length of a third of an inch. Only later genetic analysis revealed the organism to be a single bacterial cell.
This microscope photo provided by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in June 2022 shows thin strands of Thiomargarita magnifica bacteria cells next to a U.S. dime coin. Gros also found the bacterium attached to oyster shells, rocks and glass bottles in the swamp.
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