Giant bacterium uses unique processes to power itself
December 18, 2023
December 18, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 18 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Not all bacteria are created equal.
Most are single-celled and tiny, a few ten-thousandths of a centimeter long. But bacteria of the Epulopiscium family are large enough to be seen with the naked eye and 1 million times the volume of their better-known cousins, E. coli.
In a study published Dec. 18 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from Cornell and Lawre . . .
Not all bacteria are created equal.
Most are single-celled and tiny, a few ten-thousandths of a centimeter long. But bacteria of the Epulopiscium family are large enough to be seen with the naked eye and 1 million times the volume of their better-known cousins, E. coli.
In a study published Dec. 18 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from Cornell and Lawre . . .