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Pearl-like bacteria are largest ever foundFull Text

Residing in ocean sediment off the coast of Namibia, the newly discovered microbe Thiomargarita namibiensis is more than 100 times larger than the previous record holder.

References:

Schulz, H.N. . . . A. Teske, et al. 1999. Dense populations of a giant sulfur bacterium in Namibian shelf sediments. Science 284(April 16):493.

Sogin, M.L. 1993. Giants among the prokaryotes. Nature 362(March 18):207.

Sources:

Heide N. Schulz
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstrasse
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Mitch Sogin
Marine Biological Laboratory
Center for Molecular Evolution
7 MBL Street
Woods Hole, MA 02543

Andreas Teske
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Department of Biology
Woods Hole, MA 02543

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 16, April 17, 1999, p. 246. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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