'We realized they were unique because it looked like a single cell.' - Silvina Gonzalez-Rizzo on the 'macro' #microbe ' she named Thiomargarita magnifica 🦠, giant bacteria found in the Guadeloupe mangroves.
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Science Magazine U.S. Department of Energy

Un orgullo muy merecido reconocimiento a mi querida directora de tesis de licenciatura hace varios años 😅

En los manglares de una isla caribeña se ha descubierto a la bacteria más grande del mundo: ‘Thiomargarita magnifica’ 🦠

Puede llegar a medir hasta 2 cm, un tamaño descomunal en el mundo bacteriano
Jean-Marie Volland Silvina Gonzalez-Rizzo

✍️ Enrique Sacristan

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Feliz como lombriz!!
Largest bacterium ever found is surprisingly complex nature.com/articles/d4158…

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So happy!!

Descubierta una bacteria de un centímetro, observable a simple vista, que contradice la definición de microbio: “Organismo unicelular solo visible al microscopio”. Ha sido identificada por Silvina Gonzalez-Rizzo, Jean-Marie Volland...
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Our giant cells are featured in Science news!
Shout out to Olivier Gros who first discovered these cells and to Silvina Gonzalez-Rizzo who first identified them and named the species Thiomargarita magnifica!

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So excited and happy! #microbiology
#bigbacterium #mangrove #Guadeloupe

Very excited to share our preprint on 'A centimeter-long bacterium with DNA compartmentalized in membrane-bound organelles'
#microbiology #chemosynthesis #CellBiology #bacteria
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…