Record bacterium discovered as long as human eyelash
BBC News
You're supposed to need a microscope to see bacteria, right? Not Thiomargarita magnifica.
"This giant cell is clearly visible to the naked eye, having the size and shape of a human eyelash.
Now classified as the world's biggest bacterium, T. magnifica was discovered living on sunken, decaying mangrove tree leaves in the French Caribbean."
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