Bacteria are known for their microscopic sizes and now scientists have discovered one the size and shape of a human eyelash

Measuring around a centimeter long, they are roughly the size and shape of a human eyelash, batting away the competition at 5,000 times the size of

Scientists have identified a macroscopic species of bacterium in the waters of a Caribbean mangrove swamp, changing the size of how big bacteria we

Thiomargarita magnifica, has an average cell length greater than 9,000 micrometers and is visible to the naked eye.

A bacterium that has now been classified as the largest in the world ever discovered, however, needs no special tools to be visible to the naked ey

On sunken leaves in the waters of a Caribbean mangrove swamp, researchers discovered a bacterium that challenges the prevailing view of bacterial c

Scientists have discovered a bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove that was so large, it was not immediately recognized as a bacterium.

The bacterium, stretching to about half an inch in length, is roughly 5,000 times larger than most bacteria, scientists say.

Scientists have discovered the world's largest bacterium in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big i

Olivier Gros, a co-author and biologist at the University of the French West Indies and Guiana, found the first example of this bacterium — named T

On average, Thiomargarita magnifica measures 1 centimeter long and maxes out at 2 centimeters. It is 50 times larger than other giant bacteria.

At about 1cm long, Thiomargarita magnifica is roughly 50 times larger than all other known giant bacteria

Scientists recovered two genomes of strain of bacterium that causes plague from human remains in two 14th-century cemeteries in Kyrgyzstan

A research team led by Professor Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Facul

Researchers have identified how the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, according to a stud

Researchers have identified how the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) can evolve rapidly in response to new environments, says a study publis

A research team led by Professor Kelvin Yeung Wai-kwok from the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Facult

In the last few years, new evidence has challenged the notion that mitochondria played a seminal role in the transition of cells from prokaryotes t

A Teesside hospital trust says a recent “spike” in cases involving a potentially dangerous bacterium are unlikely to be linked to each other.

Staph infections pose lethal threats in hospitals, where the Staphylococcus aureus bacterium can be transferred from the skin or nasal passages int

A new study by the Translational Synthetic Biology research group at UPF presents a new approach to eliminating specific strains of a bacterium rel

In a study published in the journal Science on June 15, researchers have claimed that the disease originated in modern day northern Kyrgyzstan arou

The bacterium Cutibacterium acnes (C. acnes) is the most abundant in human skin.

London: Researchers believe to have identified the origins of Black Death, a bubonic plague that killed tens of millions in Europe, Asia and north