| Thiomargarita magnifica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Thiotrichales |
| Family: | Thiotrichaceae |
| Genus: | Thiomargarita |
| Species: | T. magnifica
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| Binomial name | |
| Thiomargarita magnifica Volland et al., 2022[1]
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Candidatus Thiomargarita magnifica is a species of sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria, found growing underwater on detached leaves of red mangroves from the Guadeloupe archipelago in the Lesser Antilles.[2] This filament-shaped bacteria is the largest known bacterium, with an average length of 10 mm and some individuals reaching 20 millimetres (0.79 in),[3] making the bacteria visible to humans by unaided eye.[1]
- ^ a b Volland, Jean-Marie; Gonzalez-Rizzo, Silvina; Gros, Olivier; Tyml, Tomáš; Ivanova, Natalia; Schulz, Frederik; Goudeau, Danielle; Elisabeth, Nathalie H.; Nath, Nandita; Udwary, Daniel; Malmstrom, Rex R.; Guidi-Rontani, Chantal; Bolte-Kluge, Susanne; Davies, Karen M.; Jean, Maïtena R.; Mansot, Jean-Louis; Mouncey, Nigel J.; Angert, Esther R.; Woyke, Tanja; Date, Shailesh V. (24 June 2022). "A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA contained in metabolically active, membrane-bound organelles". Science. 376 (6600): 1453–1458. Bibcode:2022Sci...376.1453V. bioRxiv 10.1101/2022.02.16.480423. doi:10.1126/science.abb3634. eISSN 1095-9203. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 35737788. S2CID 249990020.
- ^ "Record bacterium discovered as long as human eyelash". BBC News. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ^ Pennisi, Elizabeth. "Largest bacterium ever discovered has unexpectedly complex cells". Science. science.org. Retrieved 24 February 2022.