World's largest bacteria discovered in Guadeloupe

Scientists discover world's biggest bacterium in Caribbean mangrove swamp

Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye, the scientists exclaimed.

Thiomargarita Magnifica: World's biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp

The thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is “by far the largest bacterium known to date,” said Jean-Marie Volland, a marine biologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and co-author of a paper announcing the discovery Thursday in the journal Science.

Largest bacteria ever discovered

Scientists announced the discovery of the world’s largest species of bacteria in a Caribbean mangrove swamp, according to a report published in the journal Science on Thursday.

The giant bacterium discovered in Guadeloupe

Thiomargarita Magnifica is about 5,000 times larger than other bacteria, lives on marshy bottoms rich in sulfur and has a particular internal structure

World’s biggest bacterium found in Caribbean mangrove swamp

WASHINGTON >> Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.

World’s Largest Bacterium Discovered in Caribbean Mangrove Swamps

The bacterium is the size of an eyelash and visible to the naked eye