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Advertisement Giant bacteria FIVE THOUSAND times bigger than normal are discovered in a Caribbean mangrove swamp – and they are even visible to the naked eye
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Posted on 06/23/2022 3:24:01 PM PDT by algore

Scientists have discovered the world's largest known bacteria, reaching up to one centimetre (0.4-inches) in length.

The species, called Thiomargarita magnifica, was discovered on sunken leaves in the waters of a mangrove swamp in Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean.

It appears as thin white filaments like vermicelli pasta, and contains microscopic sulphur granules that scatter light, giving it a pearly gleam.

The 'giant' organism is thousands of times larger than most bacteria and can therefore be seen by the naked eye.

Thiomargarita magnifica 'challenges the prevailing view of bacterial cell size' and the assumption that microbes are only visible under a microscope 'It’s 5,000 times bigger than most bacteria,' said Jean-Marie Volland, a marine biologist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California.

'To put it into context, it would be like a human encountering another human as tall as Mount Everest.

'We know that it's growing and thriving on top of the sediment of mangrove ecosystem in the Caribbean.

'In terms of metabolism, it does chemosynthesis, which is a process analogous to photosynthesis for plants.'

The organism was originally discovered in 2009 by Olivier Gros from the University of the French Antilles at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

But the find initially did not attract much attention – due to its size, Gros at the time thought it was a fungus.

It took Gros and other researchers five years to find out that the species is actually a bacterium.

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To: heavy metal; SunkenCiv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_(2009_TV_series)

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I mean it could be, or maybe it is the fungi as they have been waging war against the felines for Eons.

For example back the Exodus days, a long time like 13-1400 years before the Jesus time

anyway the Felines were respected as the gods they are and Egypt prospered, or at least until the Moses guy was infected by the sentient hive mind who loved the darkness, Fun-gui.

there was a huge bloody fight between the Pyramid Corp and the workers Moses tried to free from the meager wheat fed his people by the Pyramid corp by supplementing them with the איפה which was part of the body of the god he served.

he was even able to use this to allow the long journey while sustaining his people and wandering for years before getting to the land of honey somethings.


21 posted on 06/23/2022 4:15:33 PM PDT by algore
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Ralph Carmichael wrote a lot of religious songs especially some music for Billy Graham films.

“He’s Everything to Me” should be well known to some old Freeper Baptist Christians


22 posted on 06/23/2022 4:18:17 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (A horrible historic indictment: Biden Democrats plunging the world into war to hide their crimes!)
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To: algore

They should look inside my refrigerator if they want to be really impressed.


23 posted on 06/23/2022 4:18:54 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: algore

And then Kamala somehow turns it into a venereal disease.


24 posted on 06/23/2022 4:34:20 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: algore

Ack, germ worms!


25 posted on 06/23/2022 4:38:37 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: algore
A month or two ago I saw this on another thread.
So I'll post the same images here that I did there -

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26 posted on 06/23/2022 4:44:46 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: GaltAdonis
username fits, you seem to like things to scale :)


27 posted on 06/23/2022 4:48:07 PM PDT by algore
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To: fretzer

Or “Island of Terror,” one of my faves from way back when (Creature Features with Bob Wilkins on channel 2 in the Bay Area).


28 posted on 06/23/2022 4:48:48 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: algore

When do the gain of function studies begin?


29 posted on 06/23/2022 4:57:26 PM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: Farmerbob

Already, begun they have


30 posted on 06/23/2022 5:03:43 PM PDT by algore
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To: algore

There are larger specimens walking around DC - they congregate in Congress.


31 posted on 06/23/2022 5:16:26 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: algore

Beware the Blob.🤔


32 posted on 06/23/2022 5:34:46 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: algore

Big and small
Blnk

Blnk
33 posted on 06/23/2022 5:49:17 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: Farmerbob
Fauci has already booked a flight. He can't wait to weaponize do a gain of function on this species.
34 posted on 06/23/2022 6:08:57 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Where is Biden leading us and what's with the hand basket?)
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To: moovova

Yep.

Thiomargarita might have come from Margaritaville. I’ve heard she loves to get loaded by drinking Margaritas. Tequila apparently does not kill bacteria


35 posted on 06/23/2022 7:17:01 PM PDT by Veto! (FJBsucksrocks)
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To: TexasGator

So “evolution” is a verified fact?


36 posted on 06/23/2022 7:21:04 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: NetAddicted
"Have the scientists infected something with the bacteria yet?"

I'm sure they will, but first they need to grow enough to do gain of function studies. Get them to gene swap with some highly virulent bacteria.

37 posted on 06/23/2022 7:30:52 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Good Lord! Fauci won’t be in charge of that, I pray.


38 posted on 06/24/2022 3:07:04 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Veto!
You can even get the t-shirt...


39 posted on 06/24/2022 8:50:10 AM PDT by moovova
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To: NetAddicted

Wuhan labs said WUHOO!!


40 posted on 06/24/2022 9:12:56 AM PDT by DannyTN
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