a bacterium so big you can see it with the naked eye!

Almost all bacteria are invisible toeye naked. Due to their small size, of the order of micronthey are only visible at microscope. Almost all, because an international team of researchers – including French people – made an incredible discovery. A bacterium or rather a megabacterium, quite large to be discernible by the naked eye. It measures 9,000 micrometers, or 0.9 centimeters, and has been isolated in samples collected in the mangroves from Guadeloupe. ” It’s 5,000 times larger than most bacteria. To contextualize, this…

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