According to France 24, a study published in the magazine "Science" on the 23rd stated that scientists discovered giant bacteria up to 2 centimeters long in the French overseas province of Guadeloupe, which was about 5,000 times larger than most bacteria. Resembling human eyelash

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According to France 24, a study published in the magazine

According to France 24, a study published in the magazine "Science" on the 23rd said that scientists discovered giant bacteria up to 2 centimeters long in the French overseas province Guadeloupe , which is about the size of most bacteria. 5,000 times larger and similar in shape and size to human eyelashes, scientists named it Sulfothococcus pallidum.

Scientists said that can be seen with the naked eye without the help of a microscope. It is the largest bacterium ever discovered. If you enlarge it to a human scale, it is equivalent to meeting a person who is "as tall as Mount Everest ".

Researchers have long divided life into two categories: prokaryotes and eukaryotes, the former including bacteria and single-celled microorganisms known as archaea and eukaryotes including organisms ranging from yeast to humans. Various forms of multicellular life. Prokaryotes have free-floating DNA, while eukaryotes wrap their DNA in nuclei and compartmentalize various cellular functions into vesicles called organelles.

However, Thiolochuria pallidum blurs the boundaries between prokaryotes and eukaryotes: It is the first bacterium to be found to unambiguously segregate its genetic material in membrane-bound organelles in the manner of eukaryotes.

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