'Shaquille O'Neal' Of Bacteria Big Enough To See With Naked Eye
Monday, May 12, 2008 - 21:35
in Biology & Nature
Cornell researchers are studying bacterium big enough to see -- the Shaquille O'Neal of bacteria. The secret to an unusual bacterium's massive size -- it's the size of a grain of salt, or a million times bigger than E. coli bacteria, and big enough to see with the naked eye -- may be found in its ability to copy its genome tens of thousands of times.