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    Thiomargarita namibiensis is a harmless, gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, coccoid bacterium found in the ocean sediments of the continental shelf...
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  • Candidatus Thiomargarita magnifica is a species of sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria, found growing underwater on detached leaves of red mangroves...
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    Thiomargarita is a genus (family Thiotrichaceae) which includes the vacuolate sulfur bacteria species Thiomargarita namibiensis, Candidatus Thiomargarita...
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    The Thiotrichales are an order of Pseudomonadota, including Thiomargarita magnifica, the largest known bacterium. They also include certain pathogens...
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    certain species of Paramecium, amoeba, and shorter than certain bacteria, Thiomargarita magnifica, all of which are single-celled organisms). The measured body...
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    thickness of the central area of a human cornea 750 μm – diameter of a Thiomargarita namibiensis, the largest bacteria known 760 μm – thickness of an identification...
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  • The Thiotrichaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota, including Thiomargarita namibiensis, the largest known bacterium. Some species are movable by gliding...
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    they can vary in size from 0.2 μm (Mycoplasma genitalium) to 750 μm (Thiomargarita namibiensis). Prokaryotic cells have various shapes; the four basic...
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    eye—for example, Thiomargarita namibiensis is up to half a millimetre long, Epulopiscium fishelsoni reaches 0.7 mm, and Thiomargarita magnifica can reach...
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    Bacteria are microscopic, with a few extremely rare exceptions, such as Thiomargarita namibiensis. Bacteria function and reproduce as individual cells, but...
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    link in the cycling of silicon in the ocean. One anaerobic species, Thiomargarita namibiensis, plays an important part in the breakdown of hydrogen sulfide...
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    to 3 metres long Gromia sphaerica, amoeba, 5 to 38 mm (0.2 to 1 in) Thiomargarita magnifica is the largest bacterium, reaching a length of up to 20 mm...
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  • ranging from 0.2 - 0.7 mm (200–700 μm) in length. Until the discovery of Thiomargarita namibiensis in 1999, Epulonipiscium species were thought to be the largest...
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    interpreted as the remains of the giant sulfur-reducing bacteria akin to Thiomargarita, a view that, while it had enjoyed a notable gain of supporters as of...
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    green sulfur bacteria. Another example is the complex "pepin" system of Thiomargarita species, especially T. magnifica. The organelles of the endomembrane...
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  • would refute the Thiomargarita hypothesis. That being said, recent comparisons of the Doushantuo fossils to modern decaying Thiomargarita and expired sea...
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    protist generally. The largest known species of bacterium is named Thiomargarita magnifica, which grows to 1 cm (0.39 in) in length, making it visible...
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    "second-generation" plastid. This is known as secondary endosymbiosis. The marine Thiomargarita namibiensis, the largest known bacterium Cyanobacteria blooms can contain...
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    detected, and the most important among them are Beggiatoa, Thioploca and Thiomargarita; besides, large amounts of hydrogen sulfide are produced by sulfate-reducing...
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    community are Roseobacter. The largest known bacterium, the marine Thiomargarita namibiensis, can be visible to the naked eye and sometimes attains 0...
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    "second-generation" plastid. This is known as secondary endosymbiosis. The marine Thiomargarita namibiensis, largest known bacterium Cyanobacteria blooms can contain...
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  • species of moth Tarachodes namibiensis, species of praying mantis Thiomargarita namibiensis, species of bacteria This disambiguation page lists articles...
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    ; Bailey, Jake V.; Mußmann, Marc (2016). "Single-cell Sequencing of Thiomargarita Reveals Genomic Flexibility for Adaptation to Dynamic Redox Conditions"...
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  • (wildlife sanctuary) in Wellington, New Zealand, completed. The bacterium Thiomargarita namibiensis is discovered off the coast of Namibia. At 0.3mm in diameter...
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    Beggiatoa genera; this clade also includes members of Thioploca and Thiomargarita, both presenting only slight differences with Beggiatoas: whereas the...
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    (1760 μmol dm−3 h−1). Although their oxygen uptake rate is similar to Thiomargarita spp., they are less resistant to higher oxygen concentrations, hence...
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  • singularis" Marshall and Morris 2013 "Ca. Thiomargarita joergensenii" Salman et al. 2011 "Ca. Thiomargarita nelsonii" Salman et al. 2011 "Ca. Thiophysa...
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  • of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria similar to members of the modern genus Thiomargarita. Macroscopic fossils up to 30 cm long and nearly 8 cm wide are described...
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