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A bacterium that is not a microbe.

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  • المؤلفون: Levin, Petra Anne
  • المصدر:
    Science. 6/24/2022, Vol. 376 Issue 6600, p1379-1380. 2p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • معلومة اضافية
    • الموضوع:
      GEOGRAPHICAL discoveries; CELL size; GRAM-negative bacteria; SULFUROUS water; SULFUR bacteria
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The article discusses new discovery challenges the prevailing view of the boundaries of bacterial cell size. It mentions Gram-negative proteobacterium Thiomargarita magnifica lives attached to sunken leaves in the sulfurous waters of mangrove forests in the archipelago of Guadeloupe. It also mentions discovery adds to the group of large sulfur bacteria (LSB) and helps to solve the puzzle of what factors limit cell size.