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Jun 23, 2022 · An eyelash-sized bacterium is breaking records and boundaries as it redefines what single-celled life can be. Thiomargarita magnifica is a titan of bacterial life. It is over 10 times bigger than the previous largest bacterium and is large enough that it can be picked up with a pair of tweezers.
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Dec 24, 2023 · Where most bacteria are too small to be seen without a microscope, these single-celled mammoths have a million times the volume of their well-known relatives, E. coli, meaning they can just be made out with the naked eye.
Jun 23, 2022 · With an average length of 1 centimeter, Thiomargarita magnifica bacteria (several pictured) are big enough to see with the naked eye. Tomas Tyml. By Erin Garcia de Jesús. June 23, 2022 at...
Jun 23, 2022 · Largest known bacteria in the world are visible to the naked eye. Most bacteria are just 2 micrometres long, but Thiomargarita magnifica is thousands of times bigger, and is unusually...
Jun 23, 2022 · Researchers found bacterial cells so large they are easily visible to the naked eye, challenging ideas about how large microbes can get.
Jun 23, 2022 · The scientist who initially collected the thin white filaments had no idea that he'd discovered a new kind of bacteria visible to the naked eye. But a lab examination showed that they...
Feb 23, 2022 · But a newly described bacterium living in Caribbean mangroves never got that memo (see video, above). Its threadlike single cell is visible to the naked eye, growing up to 2 centimeters—as long as a peanut—and 5000 times bigger than many other microbes.
