The bacterium, stretching to about half an inch in length, is roughly 5,000 times larger than most bacteria, scientists say.

Scientists have discovered a long, bizarrely-complex bacterium, which defies all textbook definitions of what a unicellular ...

French Caribbean. Fear not, the organism isn't dangerous and can't cause disease in humans. But do marvel at its proportions.

A gigantic bacterium found in a mangrove swamp in the Caribbean is by far the largest ever found, and now scientists think ...

Scientists have identified a macroscopic species of bacterium in the waters of a Caribbean mangrove swamp, changing the size of how big bacteria were thought to be. The new specie ...

Measuring around a centimeter long, they are roughly the size and shape of a human eyelash, batting away the competition at 5 ...

The world's largest bacterium has been discovered in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. It is named Thiomargarita magnifica or ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Although most bacteria are ...

A newly discovered bacterium that is large enough to be visible to the naked eye, and resembles the shape and size of an eyelash, has been found in Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles, according to a ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp. Although most bacteria are microscopic, Thiomargarita magnifica is the size of a human eyelash and can be ...