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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.
The new bacteria, named <em>Thiomargarita magnifica</em>, were discovered on sunken leaves in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.

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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