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> largest prokaryote: Actually the wikipedia article states: "It is the second largest bacterium ever discovered" > The largest T. magnifica cell Volland fou
by shevy-java 4mo ago
> largest prokaryote:
Actually the wikipedia article states:
"It is the second largest bacterium ever discovered"
> The largest T. magnifica cell Volland found was 2 centimeters tall
https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-bacterium-ever-discovered-has-unexpectedly-complex-cells https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-bacterium-ev...
Granted, they are grouped both in Thiomargarita. 2cm is pretty gigantic. What I always found more interesting was that they don't merely have just one genome.