Cornell researchers study bacterium big enough to see -- the Shaquille O'Neal of bacteria
Date: 13.5.2008
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.
That's according to Cornell research published in a recent issue of the journal Proceedings of the **National Academy of Sciences**.
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