According to the official website of the US "Science" magazine, a research team composed of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and other institutions in the United States published an article in the "Science" magazine issued on the 24th, saying that a huge bacteria with a maximum length of up to 2 cm was found. Normally bacteria are only about 1/500th of a millimeter in length, and the team said the discovery "turns the conventional concept of bacteria on its head."
In a mangrove forest in Guadeloupe, the French overseas province of the Caribbean Sea, the scientific research team discovered a filamentous organism attached to fallen leaves. After analysis by electron microscopy, it was found that there was DNA in the cells of the organism, with Bacterial characteristics. The longer the bacteria, the easier it is for the cells that make up the bacteria to obtain oxygen and sulfide, the researchers said.
Yamagata Yohei, a professor of applied microbiology at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, said, "This is unimaginable in common sense, and it is also a very interesting result. I hope to further clarify how this bacteria grows and maintains life activities in the future."
