‘Thiomargarita magnifica’, which was in news recently is:

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The bacterium — named Thiomargarita magnifica, or \"magnificent sulfur pearl\" is the world\'s largest bacterium discovered in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
The bacterium is roughly the shape and size of an eyelash. Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.
It not only contains DNA within a membrane, but also ribosomes—which create proteins—cohabitating with the genome.
The cell has a structure that\'s unusual for bacteria. It has a large central compartment, or vacuole, that allows some cell functions to happen in that controlled environment instead of throughout the cell.

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World largest bacterium

The bacterium — named Thiomargarita magnifica, or \"magnificent sulfur pearl\" is the world\'s largest bacterium discovered in a Caribbean mangrove swamp.
The bacterium is roughly the shape and size of an eyelash. Most bacteria are microscopic, but this one is so big it can be seen with the naked eye.
It not only contains DNA within a membrane, but also ribosomes—which create proteins—cohabitating with the genome.
The cell has a structure that\'s unusual for bacteria. It has a large central compartment, or vacuole, that allows some cell functions to happen in that controlled environment instead of throughout the cell.

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