Think all bacteria are microscopic? Tell that to these centimeter-long monsters
The largest bacteria known to science have been discovered in the Caribbean. They're visible to the naked eye and surprisingly complex.
by Nell Greenfieldboyce
Jun 23, 2022
2 minutes
Bacteria typically live out their teeny-tiny lives in the microscopic realm, but now scientists have found a gargantuan one the size and shape of a human eyelash.
The new find is "by far the largest bacteria known to date," says of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Laboratory for Research in Complex Systems. "These bacteria are about
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